Turgidodon is an extinct genus of alphadontid marsupial from the Late Cretaceous of western North America.[1]
Naming
The genus was named in 1990 by Richard L. Cifelli for species that had previously been described as members of Alphadon, with the name after the Latin word Turgidus: "swollen". The type species is T. praesagus, first named in 1952 by Russell as a species of Delphodon for a tooth from the Oldman Formation of Alberta. As well, Turgidodon includes T. rhaister, named in 1966 by Clemens as a species of Alphadon from the Lance Formation, T. russelli, named in 1979 by Fox as a species of Alphadon also from the Oldman Formation, T. parapraesagus, named in 1987 by Rigby and Wolfberg as a species of Alphadon from the Forest Fauna, and two species named in 1990 by Cifelli: T. lillegraveni and T. madseni. Both T. lillengraveni and T. madseni are from the Kaiparowits Formation of Utah, and named after paleontologists important to the studies of early mammals.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Cifelli, R.L. (1990). "Cretaceous mammals of southern Utah. I. Marsupials from the Kaiparowits Formation (Judithian)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 10 (3): 295–319. doi:10.1080/02724634.1990.10011816.
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