Conoryctinae

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]

Conoryctinae
Temporal range: 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

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 (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)
        • †Huerfanodon heilprinianus (Cope, 1882)
        • †Huerfanodon polecatensis (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)
        • †Huerfanodon torrejonius (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)

Phylogeny
 Placentalia 

Atlantogenata

Boreoeutheria

†Palaeoryctida

†Ambilestes

†Procerberidae

†Alveugena

 †Taeniodonta 

†Schowalteria

†Onychodectidae

†Stylinodontidae

 †Conoryctidae 

†Eurodontinae

 †Conoryctinae 
 †Conoryctellini 
 †Conoryctella 

†Conoryctella dragonensis

†Conoryctella pattersoni

 †Conoryctini 
 †Conoryctes 

†Conoryctes comma

 †Huerfanodon 

†Huerfanodon heilprinianus

†Huerfanodon polecatensis

†Huerfanodon torrejonius

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.
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