Conoryctes

Conoryctes ("cone digger") is an extinct genus of taeniodonts from extinct tribe Conoryctini within extinct subfamily Conoryctinae and extinct family Conoryctidae, that lived in North America from early to middle Paleocene.

Conoryctes Temporal range: 62.4–60.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early to Middle Paleocene
skull of Conoryctes comma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia (?)
Order:	†Taeniodonta
Family:	†Conoryctidae
Subfamily:	†Conoryctinae
Tribe:	†Conoryctini
Genus:	†Conoryctes Cope, 1881[1]
Type species
†Conoryctes comma Cope, 1881[1]
Synonyms
synonyms of genus: Hexodon (Cope, 1884)[2] synonyms of species: C. comma: Hexodon molestus (Cope, 1884)

Palaeobiology

Conoryctes comma had well-stabilised digits and powerful forelimbs, indicating that it was highly adapted for scratch-digging.^[3]