Alphadon

Alphadon
Classification
Name	Alphadon marshi
Name Meaning	First Tooth
Species	Primitive Mammal
Family	Metatherians
Diet	Omnivore
Physiology
Description	An early mammal that coexisted with the dinosaurs
Attributes	Small size; speed
Height	1 ft
Length	12 in
Weight	12 oz
Biography
Era	Late Cretaceous
Time	90 to 65 MYA
Discovered	1929
Locations	Asia

Alphadon (name meaning "First Tooth") is a genus of small, primitive mammal that originated during the Late Cretaceous period in what is now Asia. It was a member of the metatherians, a group of mammals that includes modern-day marsupials.