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Alphadon wilsoni

Osteichthyes - Alphadontidae

Taxonomy
Alphadon wilsoni was named by Lillegraven (1969). Its type specimen is UA 3681, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trochu (KUA-1), which is in a Lancian terrestrial claystone/siltstone in the Scollard Formation of Canada.

It was synonymized subjectively with Alphadon marshi by Lofgren (1995), Johanson (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Alphadon wilsoni Lillegraven
1979Alphadon wilsoni Clemens p. 193
2004Alphadon wilsoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 454-455

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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
genusAlphadon
specieswilsoni

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 wilsoni Lillegraven 1969
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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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: Lancian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Alphadon wilsoni (type locality: 14630)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Alphadon wilsoni (14624 172644)