Vincelestes

Vincelestes
Temporal range: Barremian-Early Aptian
~130–123 Ma
Artist's restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Prototribosphenida
Family: Vincelestidae
Bonaparte, 1986
Genus: Vincelestes
Bonaparte, 1986
Species:
V. neuquenianus
Binomial name
Vincelestes neuquenianus
Bonaparte, 1986

Vincelestes ("Vince's thief") is an extinct genus of mammal that lived in what is now South America during the Early Cretaceous. It is closely related to modern therian mammals as part of Cladotheria.