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Albertatherium secundus

Osteichthyes - Alphadontidae

Taxonomy
Albertatherium secundus was named by Johanson (1995). Its type specimen is UALVP 29534, a tooth (M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA new collection), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Albertatherium secundus Johanson p. 599
2004Albertatherium secundum Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 453

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
familyAlphadontidaeMarshall et al. 1990
genusAlbertatherium
speciessecundus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Albertatherium secundus Johanson 1995
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Albertatherium secundus (type locality: 108197)