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Alphadon
Taxonomy
Alphadon was named by Simpson (1927). Its type is Alphadon marshi.
It was assigned to Didelphodontinae by Simpson (1927) and Simpson (1929); to Thlaeodontinae by Hay (1930); to Didelphinae by Clemens (1979); to Alphadontinae by Johanson (1995); to Didelphidae by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Peradectidae by Goin et al. (2006); to Alphadontidae by Johanson (1996), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Davis (2007) and Wilson et al. (2010); and to Metatheria by Williamson et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Didelphodontinae by Simpson (1927) and Simpson (1929); to Thlaeodontinae by Hay (1930); to Didelphinae by Clemens (1979); to Alphadontinae by Johanson (1995); to Didelphidae by Sloan and Van Valen (1965), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Peradectidae by Goin et al. (2006); to Alphadontidae by Johanson (1996), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Davis (2007) and Wilson et al. (2010); and to Metatheria by Williamson et al. (2012).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Alphadon Simpson p. 122 |
| 1929 | Alphadon Simpson pp. 117, 126-127 |
| 1930 | Alphodon Hay p. 391 |
| 1965 | Alphadon Sloan and Van Valen p. 221 |
| 1979 | Alphadon Clemens p. 193 |
| 1986 | Alphadon Lillegraven and McKenna p. 27 |
| 1995 | Alphadon Johanson p. 601 |
| 1996 | Alphadon Johanson p. 1028 |
| 1997 | Alphadon McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Alphadon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 453-454 figs. 12.5B,C, 12.11A |
| 2006 | Alphadon Goin et al. |
| 2007 | Alphadon Davis p. 218 |
| 2010 | Alphadon Wilson et al. p. 513 |
| 2012 | Alphadon Williamson et al. |
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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.
G. †Alphadon Simpson 1927
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†Alphadon attaragos Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
†Alphadon eatoni Cifelli and de Muizon 1998
†Alphadon halleyi Sahni 1972
†Alphadon marshi Simpson 1927
†Alphadon perexiguus Cifelli 1994
†Alphadon sahnii Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
†Alphadon wilsoni Lillegraven 1969
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available