Conoryctes
Extinct genus of mammals
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Conoryctes ("cone digger") is an extinct genus of taeniodonts from extinct tribe Conoryctini within extinct subfamily Conoryctinae and extinct family Conoryctidae, that lived in North America from early to middle Paleocene.
| Conoryctes Temporal range: Early to Middle Paleocene | |
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| skull of Conoryctes comma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Taeniodonta |
| Family: | †Conoryctidae |
| Subfamily: | †Conoryctinae |
| Tribe: | †Conoryctini |
| Genus: | †Conoryctes Cope, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Conoryctes comma Cope, 1881[1] | |
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Palaeobiology
Conoryctes comma had well-stabilised digits and powerful forelimbs, indicating that it was highly adapted for scratch-digging.[3]