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.^[4][5][6]

Conoryctidae Temporal range: 63.8–55.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Paleocene - Early Eocene
skull of Conoryctes comma
lower jaw fragment of Conoryctella dragonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Eutheria
Infraclass:	Placentalia (?)
Order:	†Taeniodonta
Family:	†Conoryctidae Wortman, 1896[1]
Type genus
†Conoryctes Cope, 1881
Subfamilies
†Conoryctinae †Eurodontinae
Synonyms
Conoryctinae (Schlosser, 1911)[2] Conoryctini (Winge, 1917)[3]

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 Boreoeutheria †Palaeoryctida †Ambilestes †Procerberidae †Alveugena †Taeniodonta †Schowalteria †Stylinodontoidea †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