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Turgidodon russelli

Mammalia - 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) and 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
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
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