Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alternative combinations: Alphadon creber, Protalphadon creber
Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1971. Marsupial mammals from the early Campanian Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(suppl. 1):145-164
Belongs to Varalphadon according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Cifelli 1990, Clemens 1979, Fox 1971 and Johanson 1996
Sister taxa: Varalphadon crebreforme, Varalphadon janetae, Varalphadon wahweapensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-6), which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Milk River Formation of Canada
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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