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Alphadon
Extinct genus of mammals / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alphadon is an extinct genus of small, primitive mammal that was a member of the metatherians, a group of mammals that includes modern-day marsupials. Its fossils were first discovered and named by George Gaylord Simpson in 1929.[2]
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Alphadon | |
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Reconstruction of Alphadon sp. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Family: | †Alphadontidae |
Genus: | †Alphadon Simpson, 1927 |
Species[2] | |
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