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Bobbschaefferia

Mammalia

Taxonomy

Bobbschaefferia was named by Paula Couto (1970). Its type is Bobbschaefferia fluminensis.

It was assigned to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); to Didelphimorphia by Goin et al. (2006); to Metatheria by Ladaveze and Muizon (2010); and to Polydolopimorphia by Oliveira and Goin (2011).

Species

B. fluminensis (syn. Schaefferia fluminensis) (type species)

Synonyms

Schaefferia was named by Paula Couto (1952).

It was replaced with Bobbschaefferia by Paula Couto (1970), Oliveira and Goin (2011).

It was assigned to Didelphinae by Paula Couto (1952).
Depaulacoutoia was named by Kretzoi and Kretzoi (2000).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bobbschaefferia by Mones (2015).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1952	Schaefferia Paula Couto
1970	Bobbschaefferia Paula Couto
1988	Bobbschaefferia Carroll
2000	Depaulacoutoia Kretzoi and Kretzoi
2006	Bobbschaefferia Goin et al.
2010	Bobbschaefferia Ladaveze and Muizon
2011	Bobbschaefferia Oliveira and Goin

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
suborder	Polydolopimorphia	Archer 1984
genus	Bobbschaefferia	Paula Couto 1970

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.

G. †Bobbschaefferia Paula Couto 1970

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†Bobbschaefferia fluminensis Paula Couto 1970

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Invalid names: Schaefferia fluminensis Paula Couto 1952 [replaced]

Invalid names: Depaulacoutoia Kretzoi and Kretzoi 2000 [synonym], Schaefferia Paula Couto 1952 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

omnivoresubc

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2011-04-28 11:05:11

Modified:

2011-04-27 20:05:35

Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)	B. sp., Schaefferia fluminensis (118314)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Argentina (Chubut)	B. sp. (133040)