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Ernestokokenia patagonica

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Taxonomy
Euprotogonia patagonica was named by Ameghino (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Colhué Huapí Norte, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Notoprotogonia patagonica by Ameghino (1904); it was recombined as Ernestokokenia patagonica by Simpson (1948) and Gelfo (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Euprotogonia patagonica Ameghino p. 379
1901Euprotogonia trigonalis Ameghino p. 379
1904Notoprotogonia patagonica Ameghino p. 41
1948Ernestokokenia patagonica Simpson
1948Ernestokokenia trigonalis Simpson
2010Ernestokokenia patagonica Gelfo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
familyDidolodontidae
genusErnestokokenia
speciespatagonica()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Ernestokokenia patagonica Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Euprotogonia trigonalis Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Euprotogonia patagonica, Euprotogonia trigonalis (176163)