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Ernestokokenia chaishoer

Osteichthyes - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Taxonomy
Ernestokokenia chaishoer was named by Simpson (1935) [Cast of holotype is Amer. Mus. No. 27892a]. Its type specimen is MGP-PD 29119, a tooth (isolated upper molar, probably M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bajo de la Palangana (upper levels), which is in a Riochican terrestrial sandstone in the Las Flores Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Ernestokokenia chaishoer Simpson p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
specieschaishoer

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 chaishoer Simpson 1935
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Riochican or 57.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Riochican57.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) Ernestokokenia chaishoer (type locality: 13781)