Triconolestes
Triconolestes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
Genus: | †Triconolestes Engelmann and Callison, 1998 |
Species: | †T. curvicuspis
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Binomial name | |
†Triconolestes curvicuspis Engelmann and Callison, 1998
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Triconolestes is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic eutriconodont mammal from the Morrison Formation, present in stratigraphic zones 4.[1] Known from only a single molar, it is a small mammal typically considered an amphilestid.[2][3] However, it has also been compared to Argentoconodon,[2] which has been considered a volaticothere related to gliding mammals such as Volaticotherium and Ichthyoconodon.[4][5]
See also
References
- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.