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Volaticotherini
Taxonomy
Volaticotheriidae was named by Meng et al. (2006). It is not extant. It was considered monophyletic by Meng et al. (2006).
It was reranked as the tribe Volaticotherini by Gaetano and Rougier (2011).
It was assigned to Volaticotheria by Meng et al. (2006); and to Alticonodontinae by Gaetano and Rougier (2011).
It was reranked as the tribe Volaticotherini by Gaetano and Rougier (2011).
It was assigned to Volaticotheria by Meng et al. (2006); and to Alticonodontinae by Gaetano and Rougier (2011).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2006 | Volaticotheriidae Meng et al. p. 889 |
| 2011 | Volaticotherini Gaetano and Rougier p. 832 |
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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.
Tr. †Volaticotherini Meng et al. 2006
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G. †Triconolestes Engelmann and Callison 1998
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†Triconolestes curvicuspis Engelmann and Callison 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Toarcian to the top of the Tithonian or 182.00000 to 145.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Toarcian - Late/Upper Toarcian | Argentina (Chubut) | Argentoconodon fariasorum (67434) | |
| Early/Lower Callovian | China (Nei Mongol) | Volaticotherium antiquus (27891) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Triconolestes curvicuspis (53035) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Utah) | Triconolestes sp. (57913) | |
| Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Morocco (Oriental) | Ichthyoconodon jaworowskorum (45726) |