Triconolestes
Extinct family of mammals
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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]
| Triconolestes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Eutriconodonta |
| Genus: | †Triconolestes Engelmann and Callison, 1998 |
| Species: | †T. curvicuspis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Triconolestes curvicuspis Engelmann and Callison, 1998 | |
