Conoryctes

Conoryctes is an extinct genus of conoryctid that lived during the Torrejonian.

Conoryctes Temporal range: Danian–Selandian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Taeniodonta
Family:	†Conoryctidae
Genus:	†Conoryctes
Species:	†C. comma
Binomial name
†Conoryctes comma Cope, 1881

Palaeobiology

Conoryctes comma had well-stabilised digits and powerful forelimbs, indicating that it was highly adapted for scratch-digging.^[1]