Ernestokokenia patagonica Ameghino 1901

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Alternative combinations: Euprotogonia patagonica, Notoprotogonia patagonica

Synonyms: Ernestokokenia trigonalis Ameghino 1901, Euprotogonia trigonalis Ameghino 1901

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Belongs to Ernestokokenia according to G. G. Simpson 1948

See also Ameghino 1901, Ameghino 1904 and Gelfo 2010

Sister taxa: Ernestokokenia chaishoer, Ernestokokenia nitida, Ernestokokenia yirunhor

Type specimens:

  • Ernestokokenia patagonica: Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina
  • Euprotogonia trigonalis: Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Distribution: found only at Colhué Huapí Norte

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