Conoryctidae

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Conoryctidae
Temporal range: 63.8–55.2 Ma Early Paleocene - Early Eocene
skull of Conoryctes comma
lower jaw fragment of
Conoryctella dragonensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Clade: Eutheria
Infraclass: Placentalia (?)
Order: Taeniodonta
Family: Conoryctidae
Wortman, 1896[1]
Type genus
Conoryctes
Cope, 1881
Subfamilies
Synonyms
  • Conoryctinae (Schlosser, 1911)[2]
  • Conoryctini (Winge, 1917)[3]

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]

Taxonomy and phylogeny[edit]

Taxonomy[edit]

  • 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 (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)
          • Huerfanodon heilprinianus (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)
          • Huerfanodon polecatensis (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)
          • Huerfanodon torrejonius (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)
    • Subfamily: †Eurodontinae (Estavis & Russel, 1992)
      • Genus: †Eurodon (Estavis & Russel, 1992)
        • Eurodon silveirinhensis (Estavis & Russel, 1992)

Phylogeny[edit]

 Placentalia 

Atlantogenata

Boreoeutheria

Palaeoryctida

Ambilestes

Procerberidae

Alveugena

 †Taeniodonta 

Schowalteria

Onychodectidae

Stylinodontidae

 †Conoryctidae 
 †Eurodontinae 
 †Eurodon 

Eurodon silveirinhensis

 †Conoryctinae 
 †Conoryctellini 
 †Conoryctella 

Conoryctella dragonensis

Conoryctella pattersoni

 †Conoryctini 
 †Conoryctes 

Conoryctes comma

 †Huerfanodon 

Huerfanodon heilprinianus

Huerfanodon polecatensis

Huerfanodon torrejonius

References[edit]

  1. ^ Wortman, J. L. (1896.) "The Ganodonta and their relationship to the Edentata." Bulletin of the AMNH; vol. 9, article 6
  2. ^ Schlosser M. (1911.) "Mammalia", p. 325-585; In: F. Broili, E. Koken and M. Schlosser [eds.] "Grundzuge der Paläontologie (Paläozoologie) von Karl A. von Zittel". Druck und Verlag, von R. Oldenbourg, München and Berlin, vol. 2.
  3. ^ Winge H. (1917.) "Udsigt over Insektaedernes indbyrdes Slaeggtskab." Videnskabelige meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i København, 68: 82-203.
  4. ^ Cox, Barry; Savage, R.J.G.; Gardiner, Brian; Dixon, Dougal (1988). "Early rooters and browsers". Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Animals. Macmillan London Limited. ISBN 978-0-333-48699-3.
  5. ^ McKenna, Malcolm C.; Bell, Susan K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  6. ^ Williamson, T. E.; Brusatte, S. L. (2013). Viriot, Laurent (ed.). "New Specimens of the Rare Taeniodont Wortmania (Mammalia: Eutheria) from the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Comments on the Phylogeny and Functional Morphology of "Archaic" Mammals". PLOS ONE. 8 (9): e75886. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...875886W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075886. PMC 3786969. PMID 24098738.