†Protolipterna 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
Parent taxon: Protolipternidae according to R. Cifelli 1983
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Asmithwoodwardia, Miguelsoria
Subtaxa: Protolipterna ellipsodontoides
Type: Protolipterna ellipsodontoides
Ecology: scansorial herbivore
Distribution: found only at São José de Itaborai (Eocene of Brazil)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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