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Varalphadon wahweapensis
Taxonomy
Protalphadon wahweapensis was named by Cifelli (1990). Its type locality is OMNH V6, Wahweap Creek, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Varalphadon.
It was recombined as Varalphadon wahweapensis by Johanson (1996), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
It was recombined as Varalphadon wahweapensis by Johanson (1996), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1990 | Protalphadon wahweapensis Cifelli |
| 1996 | Varalphadon wahweapensis Johanson |
| 2004 | Varalphadon wahweapensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 456 |
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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.
†Varalphadon wahweapensis Cifelli 1990
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Santonian | USA (Montana) | Varalphadon wahweapensis (181582) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Utah) | Anchistodelphys archibaldi (75851) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Utah) | Protalphadon wahweapensis (type locality: 14466 75836) |