Victorlemoineia Ameghino 1901 (placental)

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Alternative spelling: Victorlemoinea

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1901. Notices préliminaires sur des ongulés nouveaux des terrains crétacés de Patagonie [Preliminary notes on new ungulates from the Cretaceous terrains of Patagonia]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de Córdoba 16:349-429

Parent taxon: Macraucheniidae according to C. d. Paula Couto 1952

See also Ameghino 1901, Carroll 1988, Cifelli 1983, Simpson 1935 and Simpson 1948

Sister taxa: Amilnedwardsia, Cramaucheniinae, Ernestohaeckelia, Llullataruca, Macrauchenidia, Macraucheniinae, Macrauchenopsis, Notodiaphorus, Polymorphinae, Pseudomacrauchenia, Rutimeyeria

Subtaxa: Victorlemoinea longidens Victorlemoineia emarginata Victorlemoineia labyrinthica Victorlemoineia prototypica

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Type: Victorlemoineia labyrinthica

Ecology: scansorial herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (5), Brazil (1)

• Paleocene of Argentina (1)

Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences

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