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Genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene

Conoryctella
Temporal range: 63.8–61.4 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Paleocene
lower jaw fragment of
Conoryctella dragonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia (?)
Order: Taeniodonta
Family: Conoryctidae
Subfamily: Conoryctinae
Tribe: Conoryctellini
Schoch, 1982
Genus: Conoryctella
Gazin, 1939
Type species
Conoryctella dragonensis
Gazin, 1939
Species
  • C. dragonensis (Gazin, 1939)
  • C. pattersoni (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)

Conoryctella ("cone digger of earth") is an extinct genus of taeniodonts from extinct tribe Conoryctellini within extinct subfamily Conoryctinae and extinct family Conoryctidae, that lived in North America during the early Paleocene.

Phylogeny

Placentalia

Atlantogenata

Boreoeutheria

Palaeoryctida

Ambilestes

Procerberidae

Alveugena

Taeniodonta

Schowalteria

Stylinodontoidea

Onychodectidae

Conoryctidae

Eurodontinae

Conoryctinae

Conoryctini

Conoryctellini
Conoryctella

Conoryctella dragonensis

Conoryctella pattersoni

References

  1. C. L. Gazin (1939.) "A further contribution to the Dragon Paleocene fauna of central Utah." Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences 29(7):273-286
  2. Schoch, R. M. (1982.) "Phylogeny, classification and paleobiology of the Taeniodonta (Mammalia: Eutheria)." Third North Am. Paleontol. Conv. Proc. 2: 465-70
  3. R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas (1981.) "A new species of Conoryctella (Mammalia: Taeniodonta) from the Paleocene of the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, and a revision of the genus." Postilla 185:1-23
  4. "Fossilworks: Conoryctella dragonensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
Eutheria
Synapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Eutheria
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Eutheria
Eutheria
Adapisoriculidae
Asioryctitheria
Cimolestidae
Didymoconidae
Horolodectidae
Leptictida
Gypsonictopidae
Pseudorhyncocyonidae
Leptictidae
Palaeoryctidae
Pantolesta
Paroxyclaenidae
Pantolestidae
Taeniodonta
Conoryctidae
Onychodectidae
Stylinodontidae
Tillodontia
Zalambdalestidae
Zhelestidae
Pantodonta
Placentalia
Leptictidium nasutum

Palaeosinopa didelphoides Wortmania otariidens

Zalambdalestes lechei
Taxon identifiers
Conoryctella
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