Ernestokokenia chaishoer Simpson 1935 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1935. Descriptions of the oldest known South American mammals, from the Rio Chico Formation. American Museum Novitates 793:1-25

Belongs to Ernestokokenia according to G. G. Simpson 1935

Sister taxa: Ernestokokenia nitida, Ernestokokenia patagonica, Ernestokokenia yirunhor

Type specimen: MGP-PD 29119, a tooth (isolated upper molar, probably M2). Its type locality is Bajo de la Palangana (upper levels), which is in a Riochican terrestrial sandstone in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Bajo de la Palangana (upper levels)

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