Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Alphadontidae
Alternative combination: Protalphadon crebreforme
Full reference: R. L. Cifelli. 1990. Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. II. Marsupials and marsupial-like mammals from the Wahweap Formation (early Campanian). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):320-331
Belongs to Varalphadon according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Cifelli 1990 and Johanson 1996
Sister taxa: Varalphadon creber, Varalphadon janetae, Varalphadon wahweapensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is northeast of Henrieville, OMNH V8, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Wahweap Formation of Utah
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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