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Ricardocifellia protocenica

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Didolodontidae

Taxonomy
Ernestokokenia protocenica was named by Paula Couto (1952). Its type specimen is MNRJ 1430-V, a maxilla (Fragment of left maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in an Eocene fissure fill marl in the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Paulacoutoia, Depaulacoutoia, Ricardocifellia.

It was recombined as Paulacoutoia protocenica by Cifelli (1983); it was recombined as Depaulacoutoia protocenica by Cifelli and Ortiz-Jaureguizar (2014); it was recombined as Ricardocifellia protocenica by Mones (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Ernestokokenia protocenica Paula Couto p. 361
1983Paulacoutoia protocenica Cifelli
2014Depaulacoutoia protocenica Cifelli and Ortiz-Jaureguizar
2015Ricardocifellia protocenica Mones

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
familyDidolodontidae
genusRicardocifellia
speciesprotocenica()

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.

†Ricardocifellia protocenica Paula Couto 1952
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Ernestokokenia protocenica (type locality: 118314)