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Triconolestes curvicuspis

Mammalia - Eutriconodonta - Triconodontidae

Taxonomy
Triconolestes curvicuspis was named by Engelmann and Callison (1998). Its type specimen is DINO 10780, a tooth (partial lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is DNM 375, Dinosaur National Monument, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial horizon in the Morrison Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Triconolestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Triconolestes curvicuspis Engelmann and Callison pp. 346-348 fig. 1
2004Triconolestes curvicuspis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 219, 240

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderEutriconodontaKermack et al. 1973
familyTriconodontidaeMarsh 1887
subfamilyAlticonodontinaeFox 1976
tribeVolaticotherini()
genusTriconolestes
speciescurvicuspis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Triconolestes curvicuspis Engelmann and Callison 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Tithonian or 157.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0USA (Utah) Triconolestes curvicuspis (type locality: 53035)