Vintana
Name: Vintana.
Phonetic: Vin-tah-nah.
Named By: D. W. Krause, S. Hoffmann, J.
R. Wible, E. C. Kirk, J. A. Schultz, W.
Koenigswald, J. R. Groenke, J. B. Rossie, P. M.
O’Connor, E. R. Seiffert, E. R. Dumont, W. L.
Holloway, R. R. Rogers, L. J. Rahantarisoa, A. D.
Kemp & H. Andriamialison - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Gondwanatheria, Sudamericidae.
Species: V. sertichi (type).
Diet: Carnivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Madagascar - Maevarano
Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial skull.
Vintana is a genus of gondwanatherian mamaml that lived in Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous, and was the first genus where skull fossils were discovered.
Further reading
- First cranial remains of a gondwanatherian mammal reveal remarkable
mosaicism. - Nature 515:512-517. - D. W. Krause, S.
Hoffmann, J. R. Wible, E. C. Kirk, J. A. Schultz,
W. Koenigswald, J. R. Groenke, J. B. Rossie, P. M.
O’Connor, E. R. Seiffert, E. R. Dumont, W. L.
Holloway, R. R. Rogers, L. J. Rahantarisoa, A. D.
Kemp & H. Andriamialison - 2014.
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