Alphadon eatoni Cifelli and de Muizon 1998 (metatherian)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae

Full reference: R. L. Cifelli and C. de Muizon. 1998. Marsupial mammal from the Upper Cretaceous North Horn Foramtion, central Utah. Journal of Paleontology 72(3):532-537

Belongs to Alphadon according to R. L. Cifelli and C. de Muizon 1998

See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Alphadon attaragos, Alphadon halleyi, Alphadon marshi, Alphadon perexiguus, Alphadon sahnii, Alphadon wilsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is OMNH V798, which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah

Ecology: scansorial omnivore

Distribution: found only at OMNH V798

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