Conoryctinae

Conoryctinae Temporal range: 63.8–60.9  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early to middle Paleocene
skull of Conoryctes comma
lower jaw fragment of Conoryctella dragonensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Clade:	Eutheria
Infraclass:	Placentalia (?)
Order:	† Taeniodonta
Family:	† Conoryctidae
Subfamily:	† Conoryctinae Wortman, 1896 [1]
Type genus
† Conoryctes Cope, 1881
Tribes
†Conoryctellini †Conoryctini

Conoryctinae ("cone diggers") is an extinct subfamily of taeniodonts from extinct family Conoryctidae, that lived in North America from the early to middle Paleocene. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Taxonomy and phylogeny

Taxonomy

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)

Phylogeny

Placentalia

Atlantogenata Boreoeutheria † Palaeoryctida † Ambilestes † Procerberidae † Alveugena † Taeniodonta † Schowalteria † Stylinodontoidea † Onychodectidae † Conoryctidae † Eurodontinae †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. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.