Triconolestes
| Triconolestes Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Eutriconodonta |
| Family: | Volaticotheria |
| Genus: | Triconolestes Engelmann and Callison, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Triconolestes curvicuspis Engelmann and Callison, 1998 | |
Triconolestes is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic mammal from the Morrison Formation. Present in stratigraphic zones 4.[1] It is possibly related to Volaticotherium, Argentoconodon, Ichthyoconodon and Jugulator, meaning it could possibly have been capable of gliding.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
- ↑ A. O. Averianov and A. V. Lopatin. 2011. Phylogeny of Triconodonts and Symmetrodonts and the Origin of Extant Mammals. Doklady Biological Sciences 436:32-35 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.
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