Victorlemoinea
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Victorlemoinea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Litopterna |
Family: | †Macraucheniidae |
Subfamily: | † |
Genus: | †Victorlemoinea Ameghino 1901 |
Species | |
Victorlemoinea is an extinct litoptern genus of the family Macraucheniidae, that lived from the Early to Middle Eocene. Fossils of Victorlemoinea have been found in the , and of Argentina, the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil and La Meseta Formation, Antarctica.[1]
Taxonomy[]
This animal is considered a member of the family Macraucheniidae and is said to share some features with the mammal family Didolodontidae). Fossils referable to the genus have been found on Seymour Island, Antarctica.[2]
References[]
- ^ Victorlemoinea at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Francis et al., 2006, p.163
Bibliography[]
- Cretaceous-Tertiary High-latitude Palaeoenvironments: James Ross Basin, Antarctica, 1–206. Geological Society of London. Accessed 2017-09-29. ; , and . 2006.
Categories:
- Litopterns
- Eocene mammals of South America
- Itaboraian
- Riochican
- Casamayoran
- Mustersan
- Divisaderan
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Paleogene Brazil
- Fossils of Brazil
- Cenozoic mammals of Antarctica
- Paleogene Antarctica
- Fossils of Antarctica
- Fossil taxa described in 1901
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric placental genera