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: | |
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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 |
Binomial name | |
†Triconolestes curvicuspis Engelmann and Callison, 1998 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329.
- ^ a b Rougier, Guillermo W.; Garrido, Alberto; Gaetano, Leandro; Puerta, Pablo F.; Corbitt, Cynthia; Novacek, Michael J. (2007). "First Jurassic Triconodont from South America". American Museum Novitates (3580): 1–17. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3580[1:FJTFSA]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082. S2CID 85676529.
- ^ Gaetano, Leandro C.; Rougier, Guillermo W. (2012-12-01). "First Amphilestid from South America: A Molariform from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 19 (4): 235–248. doi:10.1007/s10914-012-9194-1. hdl:11336/68489. ISSN 1573-7055. S2CID 16988665.
- ^ Gaetano, Leandro C.; Rougier, Guillermo W. (2011). "New Materials of Argentoconodon fariasorum (Mammaliaformes, Triconodontidae) from the Jurassic of Argentina and Its Bearing on Triconodont Phylogeny". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (4): 829–843. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..829G. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.589877. hdl:11336/68497. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 85069761.
- ^ Averianov, A.O.; Lopatin, A.V. (2011). "Phylogeny of triconodonts and symmetrodonts and the origin of extant mammals". Doklady Biological Sciences. 436 (1): 32–35. doi:10.1134/S0012496611010042. PMID 21374009. S2CID 10324906.
- Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp.
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