Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alternative combination: Alphadon russelli
Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1979. Mammals from the Upper Cretaceous Oldman Formation, Alberta. I. Alphadon Simpson (Marsupialia). Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 16:91-102
Belongs to Turgidodon according to J. P. Hunter et al. 2010
See also Cifelli 1990, Eaton 1993, Fox 1979, Johanson 1996, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Lillegraven and McKenna 1986
Sister taxa: Turgidodon lillegraveni, Turgidodon madseni, Turgidodon parapraesagus, Turgidodon petiminis, Turgidodon praesagus, Turgidodon rhaister
Type specimen: UA 14805, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment with P3M1-4). Its type locality is Irvine microvertebrate site, which is in a Judithian terrestrial horizon in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Canada.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (8: Alberta collections), Mexico (1), United States (17: Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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