Vincelestes

Vincelestes ("Vince's thief") is an extinct genus of mammal that lived in what is now South America during the Early Cretaceous. It is closely related to modern therian mammals as part of Cladotheria.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Vincelestes is referenced by 161 other articles, and connects out to Placentalia, Cladotheria and Pantotheria.

Vinony files it under Aptian genus extinctions, Barremian genus first appearances and Cladotheria.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Parent taxon: mammal
Image: Artistic reconstruction of Vincelestes.PNG

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taxon name: Vincelestes
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Vincelestes
start time: 130000000-
end time: 123000000-

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Description
Diet
Phylogeny
References
Further reading
External links

== Description == Vincelestes neuquenianus is the only species known to date. Specimens were found in La Amarga Formation of southern Neuquén Province, Argentina. The remains of only nine individuals were recovered from this site.

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