Conoryctella

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.[4]

Conoryctella
Temporal range: Early Paleocene
lower jaw fragment of
Conoryctella dragonensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia (?)
Order: †Taeniodonta
Family: †Conoryctidae
Subfamily: †Conoryctinae
Tribe: †Conoryctellini
Schoch, 1982[1]
Genus: †Conoryctella
Gazin, 1939[2]
Type species
†Conoryctella dragonensis
Gazin, 1939
Species
  • †C. dragonensis (Gazin, 1939)
  • †C. pattersoni (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)[3]

Phylogeny
 Placentalia 

Atlantogenata

Boreoeutheria

†Palaeoryctida

†Ambilestes

†Procerberidae

†Alveugena

 †Taeniodonta 

†Schowalteria

†Onychodectidae

†Stylinodontidae

 †Conoryctidae 

†Eurodontinae

 †Conoryctinae 

†Conoryctini

 †Conoryctellini 
 †Conoryctella 

†Conoryctella dragonensis

†Conoryctella pattersoni

References
  1. Schoch, R. M. (1982.) "Phylogeny, classification and paleobiology of the Taeniodonta (Mammalia: Eutheria)." Third North Am. Paleontol. Conv. Proc. 2: 465-70
  2. 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
  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". www.fossilworks.org. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
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