Victorlemoinea

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 Las Flores, Sarmiento and Koluel Kaike Formations of Argentina, the Itaboraí Formation of Brazil and La Meseta Formation, Antarctica.[1]

Victorlemoinea
Temporal range: Early-Mid Eocene (Itaboraian-Divisaderan)
~53–37.2 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
†Litopterna
Family:
†Macraucheniidae
Subfamily:
Sparnotheriodontinae
Genus:
†Victorlemoinea

Species

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]

Itaboraian correlations
Itaboraian correlations in South America
FormationItaboraíLas FloresKoluel KaikeMaíz GordoMuñaniMogollónBogotáCerrejónYpresian (IUCS) • Wasatchian (NALMA)
Bumbanian (ALMA) • Mangaorapan (NZ)
BasinItaboraíGolfo San JorgeSaltaAltiplano BasinTalara &
Tumbes		Altiplano
Cundiboyacense		Cesar-Ranchería
Victorlemoinea (South America)
Country Brazil Argentina Peru Colombia
Carodnia
Gashternia
Henricosbornia
Victorlemoinea
Polydolopimorphia
Birds
Reptiles
Fish
Flora
EnvironmentsAlluvial-lacustrineAlluvial-fluvialFluvio-lacustrineLacustrineFluvialFluvio-deltaic
Itaboraian volcanoclastics

Itaboraian fauna

Itaboraian flora
VolcanicYes

References
  1. Victorlemoinea at Fossilworks.org
  2. Francis et al., 2006, p.163

Bibliography
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