†Protolipterna ellipsodontoides Cifelli 1983 (placental)
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Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Protolipternidae
Full reference: R. Cifelli. 1983. The origin and affinities of the South American Condylarthra and early Tertiary Litopterna (Mammalia). American Museum Novitates 2772:1-49
Belongs to Protolipterna according to R. Cifelli 1983
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: DNPM LE444A, a partial skull. Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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