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Varalphadon creber

Mammalia - Alphadontidae

Taxonomy
Alphadon creber was named by Fox (1971). Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-6), which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Protalphadon creber by Cifelli (1990); it was recombined as Varalphadon creber by Johanson (1996) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Alphadon creber Fox
1979Alphadon creber Clemens p. 193
1990Protalphadon creber Cifelli
1996Varalphadon creber Johanson
2004Varalphadon creber 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
speciescreber()

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 creber Fox 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available