Biology:Conoryctidae

Conoryctidae ("cone diggers") is an extinct family of mammals from extinct order Taeniodonta, that lived in North America and Europe from the early Paleocene to early Eocene.

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Taxonomy

Family: †Conoryctidae (Wortman, 1896) Subfamily: †Conoryctinae (Wortman, 1896) Tribe: †Conoryctellini (Schoch, 1982) Genus: †Conoryctella (Gazin, 1939) †Conoryctella dragonensis (Gazin, 1939) †Conoryctella pattersoni (Schoch & Lucas, 1981) Tribe: †Conoryctini (Wortman, 1896) Genus: †Conoryctes (Cope, 1881) †Conoryctes comma (Cope, 1881) Genus: †Huerfanodon(paraphyletic genus) (Schoch & Lucas, 1981) †Huerfanodon heilprinianus (Cope, 1882) †Huerfanodon polecatensis (Schoch & Lucas, 1981) †Huerfanodon torrejonius (Schoch & Lucas, 1981) †Huerfanodon sp. [USNM 9678] (Simpson, 1937) Subfamily: †Eurodontinae (Estavis & Russel, 1992) Genus: †Eurodon (Estavis & Russel, 1992) †Eurodon silveirinhensis (Estavis & Russel, 1992)

Phylogeny

Placentalia

Atlantogenata 50px     Boreoeutheria 50px     †Palaeoryctida       †Ambilestes       †Procerberidae       †Alveugena   †Taeniodonta   †Schowalteria       †Stylinodontoidea 70px       †Onychodectidae   †Conoryctidae †Eurodontinae †Eurodon †Eurodon silveirinhensis     †Conoryctinae †Conoryctellini †Conoryctella   †Conoryctella dragonensis     †Conoryctella pattersoni       †Conoryctini   †Huerfanodon heilprinianus     †Huerfanodon torrejonius †Huerfanodon   ? †Huerfanodon sp. (USNM 9678)       †Huerfanodon polecatensis   †Conoryctes †Conoryctes comma

References

Wikidata ☰ Q125777288 entry