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Varalphadon wahweapensis

Osteichthyes - Alphadontidae

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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Protalphadon wahweapensis Cifelli
1996Varalphadon wahweapensis Johanson
2004Varalphadon wahweapensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 456

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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
genusVaralphadon
specieswahweapensis()

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
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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
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
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Montana) Varalphadon wahweapensis (181582)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Anchistodelphys archibaldi (75851)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Protalphadon wahweapensis (type locality: 14466 75836)