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Eoalphadon woodburnei

Osteichthyes - Alphadontidae

Taxonomy
Eoalphadon woodburnei was named by Eaton (2009). Its type specimen is UMNH VP 12842, a tooth (M3 in a maxillary fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UMNH VP Loc. 162, Cedar Canyon roadcut, which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Naturita Formation of Utah.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Eoalphadon woodburnei Eaton p. 106

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
familyAlphadontidaeMarshall et al. 1990
genusEoalphadon
specieswoodburnei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eoalphadon woodburnei Eaton 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) Eoalphadon woodburnei (73432 type locality: 73433)