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Varalphadon wahweapensis

Mammalia - 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) and 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
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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