Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Full reference: J. A. Lillegraven and M. C. McKenna. 1986. Fossil mammals from the "Mesaverde" Formation (Late Cretaceous, Judithian) of the Bighorn and Wind River basins, Wyoming, with definitions of Late Cretaceous North American Land-Mammal "Ages". American Museum Novitates 2840:1-68
Belongs to Alphadon according to J. A. Lillegraven and M. C. McKenna 1986
See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Alphadon eatoni, Alphadon halleyi, Alphadon marshi, Alphadon perexiguus, Alphadon sahnii, Alphadon wilsoni
Type specimen: UW 17079, a tooth (m1). Its type locality is Sunset to Dawn Two (UW V-81076), which is in a Judithian channel sandstone in the Mesaverde Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Montana, Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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