Triconolestes

{{Short description|Extinct family of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Late Jurassic}}

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| parent_authority = Engelmann and Callison, 1998

| taxon = Triconolestes curvicuspis

| authority = Engelmann and Callison, 1998

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Triconolestes is an extinct genus of Late Jurassic eutriconodont 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.{{Cite journal|last1=Rougier|first1=Guillermo W.|last2=Garrido|first2=Alberto|last3=Gaetano|first3=Leandro|last4=Puerta|first4=Pablo F.|last5=Corbitt|first5=Cynthia|last6=Novacek|first6=Michael J.|date=2007|title=First Jurassic Triconodont from South America|url=https://bioone.org/journals/american-museum-novitates/volume-2007/issue-3580/0003-0082(2007)3580[1:FJTFSA]2.0.CO;2/First-Jurassic-Triconodont-from-South-America/10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3580[1:FJTFSA]2.0.CO;2.full|journal=American Museum Novitates|issue=3580|pages=1–17|doi=10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3580[1:FJTFSA]2.0.CO;2|s2cid=85676529 |issn=0003-0082}}{{Cite journal|last1=Gaetano|first1=Leandro C.|last2=Rougier|first2=Guillermo W.|date=2012-12-01|title=First Amphilestid from South America: A Molariform from the Jurassic Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Patagonia, Argentina|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257591809|journal=Journal of Mammalian Evolution|language=en|volume=19|issue=4|pages=235–248|doi=10.1007/s10914-012-9194-1|s2cid=16988665 |issn=1573-7055|hdl=11336/68489|hdl-access=free}} However, it has also been compared to Argentoconodon, which has been considered a volaticothere related to gliding mammals such as Volaticotherium and Ichthyoconodon.{{Cite journal|last1=Gaetano|first1=Leandro C.|last2=Rougier|first2=Guillermo W.|date=2011|title=New Materials of Argentoconodon fariasorum (Mammaliaformes, Triconodontidae) from the Jurassic of Argentina and Its Bearing on Triconodont Phylogeny|url=https://bioone.org/journals/journal-of-vertebrate-paleontology/volume-31/issue-4/02724634.2011.589877/New-Materials-of-Argentoconodon-fariasorum-Mammaliaformes-Triconodontidae-from-the-Jurassic/10.1080/02724634.2011.589877.full|journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology|volume=31|issue=4|pages=829–843|doi=10.1080/02724634.2011.589877|bibcode=2011JVPal..31..829G |s2cid=85069761 |issn=0272-4634|hdl=11336/68497|hdl-access=free}}{{Cite journal|last1=Averianov|first1=A.O.|last2=Lopatin|first2=A.V.|date=2011|title=Phylogeny of triconodonts and symmetrodonts and the origin of extant mammals|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/50272438|journal=Doklady Biological Sciences|volume=436|issue=1|pages=32–35|doi=10.1134/S0012496611010042|pmid=21374009 |s2cid=10324906 }}