Triconolestes Temporal range: Late Jurassic |
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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. It is possibly related to Volaticotherium, , Ichthyoconodon and Jugulator, meaning it could possibly have been capable of gliding.