Conoryctidae

Conoryctidae Temporal range: 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
Type genus
†Conoryctes Cope, 1881
Subfamilies
†Conoryctinae †Eurodontinae
Synonyms
Conoryctinae (Schlosser, 1911) Conoryctini (Winge, 1917)

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.

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