Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Alphadontidae
Alternative combination: Alphadon rhaister
Full reference: W. A. Clemens. 1966. Fossil mammals from the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part II. Marsupialia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 62:1-122
Belongs to Turgidodon according to R. L. Cifelli 1990
See also Clemens 1966, Clemens 1979, Hunter 1997, Johanson 1996 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Turgidodon lillegraveni, Turgidodon madseni, Turgidodon parapraesagus, Turgidodon petiminis, Turgidodon praesagus, Turgidodon russelli
Type specimen: UCMP V-50292, a set of teeth. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 2 (UCMP V-5815), which is in a Lancian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections), United States (15: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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