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Vincelestes neuquenianus
Taxonomy
Vincelestes neuquenianus was named by Bonaparte (1986). Its type specimen is MACN-N 01, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Amarga (mammal site), which is in a Barremian/Aptian terrestrial horizon in the La Amarga Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Vincelestes.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Vincelestes neuquenianus Bonaparte p. 59 figs. 7-8 |
| 2004 | Vincelestes neuquenianus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 399-402 figs. 10.14-10.15 |
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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.
†Vincelestes neuquenianus Bonaparte 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Vincelestes neuquenianus (type locality: 37210) |