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Turgidodon

Mammalia - Alphadontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Turgidodon Cifelli
1997Turgidodon McKenna and Bell
2004Turgidodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 456 fig. 12.11B
2006Turgidodon Goin et al.
2007Turgidodon Davis p. 218
2012Turgidodon Williamson et al.
2017Turgidodon Carneiro and Oliveira

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
genusTurgidodon

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.

G. †Turgidodon Cifelli 1990
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Turgidodon lillegraveni Cifelli 1990
Turgidodon madseni Cifelli 1990
Turgidodon parapraesagus Rigby, Jr. and Wolberg 1987
Turgidodon petiminis Storer 1991
Turgidodon praesagus Russell 1952
Turgidodon rhaister Clemens 1966
Turgidodon russelli Fox 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: For Turgidodon diet, see Cifelli (1990); body mass ~500 g.g
Created: 2005-09-07 10:52:04
Modified: 2005-09-07 13:10:57
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Judithian to the top of the Edmontonian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) T. sp. (14421)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) T. sp. (75838) T. sp., Alphadon russelli (14474 14475)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Alphadon praesagus (14476) Alphadon russelli (14463) Delphodon praesagus (14485) T. praesagus, T. russelli (14451)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Alphadon russelli (14433 14458 14465 14486 14487)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) T. sp. (14489)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) T. praesagus (45893) T. russelli (45671 45822 45899)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) Alphadon russelli (70269 70453 70454)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) T. lillegraveni, T. madseni (14466 75836)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) T. russelli (154244)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Alphadon praesagus (189514) T. praesagus (45564 45567) T. praesagus, T. russelli (45670) T. russelli (45561 45566)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Alphadon praesagus, Alphadon russelli (14482)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) Alphadon praesagus, Alphadon russelli (14470) Alphadon praesagus, T. russelli (14446) Alphadon rhaister (69161) Alphadon russelli (14449 14461 14491)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Alphadon rhaister (14502)
Edmontonian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) T. parapraesagus (14503) T. russelli (96603)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Alphadon rhaister (14531 14549 14582 14583 14618 14624 14648) T. rhaister (14597 172644)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Alphadon rhaister (14519 14565 14566)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Alphadon rhaister (14630 14634)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) T. petiminis (14558)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Alphadon rhaister (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) T. rhaister (183109)