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 Cifelli 1990, Johanson 1996, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Montellano 1988 and Montellano 1992
Sister taxa: Alphadon attaragos, Alphadon eatoni, Alphadon halleyi, Alphadon marshi, Alphadon perexiguus, Alphadon wilsoni
Type specimen: UCMP 125337, a tooth (isolated right M1)
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (6: Utah, Wyoming collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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