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Turgidodon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4826784	https://www.gbif.org/species/4826784
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	39994	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=39994

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Turgidodon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Alphadontidae : Turgidodon

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Theriamorpha
-	Theriiformes
-	Trechnotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Cladotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Boreosphenida
subclass	Theria	Parker and Haswell 1897
subclass	Metatheria
-	Marsupialia
order	Didelphimorphia	Gill 1872
family	Alphadontidae	Marshall et al. 1990
genus	Turgidodon	Cifelli 1990

Scientific Name

Turgidodon Cifelli, 1990

Name Published In

J Vertebr Paleontol 10 (3)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Turgidodon	genus	belongs to Didelphidae	stated without evidence	Cifelli, 1990
Turgidodon	genus	belongs to Didelphidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Turgidodon	genus	belongs to Alphadontidae	stated without evidence	Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Turgidodon	genus	belongs to Stagodontidae	stated with evidence	Goin et al., 2006
Turgidodon	genus	belongs to Alphadontidae	stated with evidence	Davis, 2007
Turgidodon	genus	belongs to Metatheria	stated without evidence	Williamson et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Mammalia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Theria)

Ecospace Comments

For Turgidodon diet, see Cifelli (1990); body mass ~500 g.

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Cifelli. 1990. Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. I. Marsupials from the Kaiparowits Formation (Judithian). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10(3):295-319

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Alphadon parapraesagus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Alphadon rhaister ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	18	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Alphadon russelli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	25	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Delphodon praesagus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	11	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turgidodon lillegraveni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turgidodon madseni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Turgidodon petiminis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1990	Turgidodon Cifelli
1997	Turgidodon McKenna and Bell
2004	Turgidodon Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 456 fig. 12.11B
2006	Turgidodon Goin et al.
2007	Turgidodon Davis p. 218
2012	Turgidodon Williamson et al.

References

Cifelli R. L. (1990) Cretaceous mammals from southern Utah. I. Marsupials from the Kaiparowits Formation (Judithian), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 10 3, 295-319

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630

Goin F. J., Pascual R., et al (2006) The earliest Tertiary therian mammal from South America, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26 2, 505-510

Davis B. M. (2007) A revision of “pediomyid” marsupials from the Late Cretaceous of North America, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52 2, 217-256

Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L., et al (2012) The phylogeny and evolution of Cretaceous–Palaeogene metatherians: cladistic analysis and description of new early Palaeocene specimens from the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 4, 625-651

J Vertebr Paleontol 10 (3) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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