Varalphadon Johanson 1996 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Alphadontidae

Full reference: Z. Johanson. 1996. Revision of the Late Cretaceous North American marsupial genus Alphadon. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 242:127-184

Parent taxon: Alphadontidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Carneiro 2018, Davis 2007, Johanson 1996, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Williamson et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Albertatherium, Alphadon, Eoalphadon, Turgidodon

Subtaxa: Varalphadon creber Varalphadon crebreforme Varalphadon janetae Varalphadon wahweapensis

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Type: Protalphadon wahweapensis

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (11: Montana, Utah)

Total: 14 collections including 15 occurrences

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