Conoryctes

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

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

Palaeobiology

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

References

1. Kynigopoulou, Zoi; Shelley, Sarah L.; Williamson, Thomas E.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (25 October 2024). Shaheen, Aliah Faisal (ed.). "The post-cranial anatomy and functional morphology of Conoryctes comma (Mammalia: Taeniodonta) from the Paleocene of North America". PLOS ONE . 19 (10): e0311053. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1911053K. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0311053 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   11508153 . PMID   39453951.