†Ricardocifellia protocenica Paula Couto 1952 (placental)
Mammalia - Placentalia - Didolodontidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 326753
Alternative combinations: Depaulacoutoia protocenica, Ernestokokenia protocenica, Paulacoutoia protocenica
Full reference: C. d. Paula Couto. 1952. Fossil mammals from the beginning of the Cenozoic in Brazil. Condylarthra, Litopterna, Xenungulata, and Astrapotheria. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99(6):355-394
Belongs to Ricardocifellia according to A. Mones 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNRJ 1430-V, a maxilla (Fragment of left maxilla). Its type locality is São José de Itaborai, which is in a Paleocene/Eocene fissure fill marl in Brazil.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore