Turgidodon lillegraveni Cifelli 1990 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli. 1990. Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. I. Marsupials from the Kaiparowits Formation (Judithian). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):295-319

Belongs to Turgidodon according to R. L. Cifelli 1990

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Turgidodon madseni, Turgidodon parapraesagus, Turgidodon petiminis, Turgidodon praesagus, Turgidodon rhaister, Turgidodon russelli

Type specimen: Its type locality is OMNH V6, Wahweap Creek, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (3: Texas, Utah collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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