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Protalphadon foxi

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Protalphadon foxi was named by Johanson (1996). Its type locality is Flat Creek 5, which is in a Lancian terrestrial sandstone in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Protalphadon foxi Johanson
2004Protalphadon foxi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 455-456

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
genusProtalphadon
speciesfoxi

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.

†Protalphadon foxi Johanson 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, p = phylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: Lancian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Alphadon lulli (type locality: 14549)