Conoryctella

Conoryctella ("cone digger of earth") is an extinct genus of taeniodonts from extinct tribe Conoryctellini within extinct subfamily Conoryctinae and extinct family Conoryctidae, that lived in North America during the early Paleocene.^[4]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Infraclass:Placentalia (?)

Order:†Taeniodonta

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Conoryctella Temporal range: 63.8–61.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Paleocene
lower jaw fragment of Conoryctella dragonensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia (?)
Order:	†Taeniodonta
Family:	†Conoryctidae
Subfamily:	†Conoryctinae
Tribe:	†Conoryctellini Schoch, 1982[1]
Genus:	†Conoryctella Gazin, 1939[2]
Type species
†Conoryctella dragonensis Gazin, 1939
Species
†C. dragonensis (Gazin, 1939) †C. pattersoni (Schoch & Lucas, 1981)[3]

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