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Alphadon marshi

Mammalia - Alphadontidae

Taxonomy
Alphadon marshi was named by Simpson (1927) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 13659, a tooth (upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Alphadon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Alphadon marshi Simpson p. 122
1929Alphadon marshi Simpson pp. 126-127
1930Alphodon marshi Hay p. 391
1979Alphadon marshi Clemens p. 193
2004Alphadon marshi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 454-455

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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
genusAlphadon
speciesmarshi

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.

†Alphadon marshi Simpson 1927
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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: omnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:56:57
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:01:30
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Edmontonian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) Alphadon wilsoni (14474 14475)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Alphadon wilsoni (14464)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) Alphadon marshi (14498 36542) Alphadon wilsoni (14436)
Edmontonian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Alphadon wilsoni (14496)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Alphadon marshi (14604 14612)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Alphadon marshi (14516 14549 14616 14624 172642 172644)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Alphadon marshi (14514 14519 14526 14538 14566 14596 14598)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Alphadon marshi (14573 14619)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Alphadon marshi (14630)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Alphadon marshi (154429 154616)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Alphadon marshi (45099)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Alphadon marshi (14585)