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Protalphadon lulli

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Alphadon lulli was named by Clemens (1966). Its type specimen is UCMP 47047, a maxilla (fragmentary left maxilla with M1-2, alveoli of M3, and parts of alveoli of P3 and P4), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Lull 2 Quarry (UCMP V-5620), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Protalphadon.

It was recombined as Protalphadon lulli by Cifelli (1990), Johanson (1995), Johanson (1996), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Alphadon lulli Clemens
1979Alphadon lulli Clemens p. 193
1986Alphadon lulli Lillegraven and McKenna p. 35
1990Protalphadon lulli Cifelli
1995Protalphadon lulli Johanson
1996Protalphadon lulli Johanson
2004Protalphadon lulli 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
specieslulli()

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 lulli Clemens 1966
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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: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Alphadon lulli (14458 14487)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Alphadon lulli (14455)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Protalphadon lulli (172642 172644)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Alphadon lulli (14612)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Alphadon lulli (14519 14541 14543 14566)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Alphadon lulli (type locality: 14585)