[MM] Varalphadon wahweapensis
Metatherians
DESCRIBER Cifelli, 1990
TIME Cretaceous Late
Campanian Maastrichtian
CLASS Mammalia
COHORT Marsupialia
SUPERORDER ’Ameridelphia’
ORDER Didelphimorphia
FAMILY ’Alphadontidae’
FOSSILSITE Verdigris Coulee, Milk River Formation, Alberta, Canada
Kaiparowits Plateau, Kaparowits Formation, Utah, US
INFO
Varalphadon wahweapensis (Cifelli, 1990) > Varalphadon creber (Fox, 1971) > Varalphadon crebreforme (Cifelli, 1990)
Closely similar to Protalphadon, differing in having paracone and metacone of subeual height and metacone broader paracone in labial view.