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Monotypic taxon:
Family †
Vincelestidae
Bonaparte, 1986
(mammal)
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Prototribosphenida (Clade)
..Boreosphenida (Clade)
..†Nanolestes (Genus)
..†Vincelestidae (Family)
....†Vincelestes (Genus)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
Original position
Questionably
Zatheria
(Sublegion)
McKenna, 1975
Original entries
†
Vincelestes
(Genus)
Bonaparte, 1986
Current position
Prototribosphenida
(Clade)
Wible, Rougier, Novacek, McKenna & Dashzeveg 1995
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 48; Martinelli et al., 2021: fig. 7; Benton, 2015: box 10.3 (p. 330).
[indirect]
Alternative positions
Cladotheria
(Clade)
McKenna 1975
Ref:
Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004 (alt.)
: table 10.1 (p. 379); Huttenlocker et al., 2018: fig. 4.
Zatheria
(Sublegion)
McKenna, 1975
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 48.
Historical positions
Cladotheria
(Clade)
McKenna 1975
Ref:
Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004 (alt.)
: tables 1.1 (p. 14), 10.1 (p. 379).
Zatheria
(Sublegion)
McKenna, 1975
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 48.
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
†1g;1s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 24 Mar 2022
[; †1g;1s]
2004 (alt.)
Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al.
: table 10.1 (p. 379)
[; †1g]
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[; †1g]
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21 Sep 2025