†family Vincelestidae Bonaparte 1986 (mammal)

Mammalia - Cladotheria - Vincelestidae

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1986. Sobre Mesungulatum houusayi y nuevos mamíferos Cretácicos de Patagonia, Argentina [On Mesungulatum houssayi and new Cretaceous mammals from Patagonia, Argentina]. Actas del IV Congreso Argentino de Paleontología y Biostratigrafía 2:48-61

Parent taxon: Cladotheria according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Bonaparte 1986

Sister taxa: Amphitheriidae, Dryolestoidea, Zatheria

Subtaxa: Vincelestes

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Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at La Amarga (mammal site) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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