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Turgidodon russelli

Osteichthyes - Alphadontidae

Taxonomy
Alphadon russelli was named by Fox (1979). Its type specimen is UA 14805, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment with P3M1-4), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Irvine microvertebrate site, which is in a Judithian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Turgidodon russelli by Cifelli (1990), Johanson (1996), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Hunter et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Alphadon russelli Fox
1986Alphadon russelli Lillegraven and McKenna p. 27
1990Turgidodon russelli Cifelli
1993Alphadon russelli Eaton
1996Turgidodon russelli Johanson
2004Turgidodon russelli Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 456
2010Turgidodon russelli Hunter et al. p. 892

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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
genusTurgidodon
speciesrusselli()

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.

†Turgidodon russelli Fox 1979
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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 10:52:04
Modified: 2005-09-07 13:10:57
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Judithian to the top of the Edmontonian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Alphadon russelli (14474 14475)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Alphadon russelli (14433 14458 14465 14486 14487)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Alphadon russelli (type locality: 14463) Turgidodon russelli (14451)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Alphadon russelli (70269 70453 70454)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Turgidodon russelli (45671 45822 45899)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) Turgidodon russelli (154244)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Turgidodon russelli (45561 45566 45670)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Alphadon russelli (14482)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Alphadon russelli (14449 14461 14470 14491) Turgidodon russelli (14446)
Edmontonian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Turgidodon russelli (96603)