| Protalphadon Temporal range: Cenomanian-Maastrichtian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Metatheria |
| Genus: | †Protalphadon Cifelli, 1990 |
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| Alphadon lulli Clemens, 1966
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Protalphadon is a genus of small mammal from the Late Cretaceous. Its fossils are found in Utah, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, Wyoming and Colorado.[1][2] Originally the genus was assigned to Alphadon.
Protalphadon is known from a few fossils but mainly teeth.[3] It was likely omnivorous.
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