Conoryctes
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| Conoryctes Temporal range: Early to Middle Paleocene
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| File:Conoryctes comma.jpg | |
| skull of Conoryctes comma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Taeniodonta |
| Family: | †Conoryctidae |
| Subfamily: | †Conoryctinae |
| Tribe: | †Conoryctini |
| Genus: | †Conoryctes Cope, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Conoryctes comma Cope, 1881[1]
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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.
Palaeobiology
[edit | edit source]Conoryctes comma had well-stabilised digits and powerful forelimbs, indicating that it was highly adapted for scratch-digging.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b E. D. Cope (1881.) "Mammalia of the lower Eocene beds." American Naturalist 15:337-338
- ^ E. D. Cope (1884.) "The Condylarthra." The American Naturalist, Volume 18, Number 8
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