''Triconolestes'' is an extinct genus of

Late Jurassic The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 163.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.Owen 1987. In European lithostratigraphy, the name ...

eutriconodont Eutriconodonta is an order of early mammals. Eutriconodonts existed in Asia, Africa, Europe, North and South America during the Jurassic and the Cretaceous periods. The order was named by Kermack ''et al.'' in 1973 as a replacement name for the p ...

mammal from the Morrison Formation, present in stratigraphic zones 4.Foster, J. (2007). "Appendix." ''Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World''. Indiana University Press. pp. 327-329. Known from only a single molar, it is a small mammal typically considered an amphilestid. However, it has also been compared to '' Argentoconodon'', which has been considered a volaticothere related to gliding mammals such as ''

Volaticotherium ''Volaticotherium antiquum'' (meaning "ancient gliding beast") is an extinct, gliding, insectivorous mammal that lived in Asia during the Jurassic period, around 164 mya. It is the only member of the genus ''Volaticotherium''. The discovery of ...

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Ichthyoconodon ''Ichthyoconodon'' is an extinct genus of eutriconodont mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Morocco. It is notable for having been found in a unique marine location, and the shape of its teeth suggests an unusual, potentially fish-eating ecologi ...

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* Foster, J. (2007). Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World. Indiana University Press. 389pp. Eutriconodonts Morrison mammals Gliding animals Fossil taxa described in 1998 Prehistoric mammal genera {{jurassic-mammal-stub

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