Conoryctidae

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]

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

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

References

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.