Palaeoryctes

Palaeoryctes; Temporal range: 62.4–53.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N middle Paleocene to early Eocene
	Palaeoryctes jepseni; lower jaw fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia (?)
Order:	†Palaeoryctida
Family:	†Palaeoryctidae
Subfamily:	†Palaeoryctinae
Genus:	†Palaeoryctes; Matthew, 1913
Type species
	†Palaeoryctes puercensis; Matthew, 1913
Species
	†P. cruoris (Gunnell, 1994); †P. jepseni (Bloch, 2004); †P. minimus (Gheerbrant, 1992); †P. puercensis (Matthew, 1913); †P. punctatus (Van Valen, 1966);

Palaeoryctes ("ancient digger")^[6] is an extinct paraphyletic genus of mammals from paraphyletic subfamily Palaeoryctinae within family Palaeoryctidae, that lived in North America and Africa from middle Paleocene to early Eocene.

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Mammalia

Infraclass:Placentalia (?)

Order:†Palaeoryctida

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Palaeoryctes resembled a modern shrew, being slender and sharp-nosed, with typical insectivore teeth. It was around 12.5 centimetres (4.9 in) long, and weighed around 20 to 60 grams (0.71 to 2.12 oz). The molars of Palaeoryctes had little function other than piercing.^[7]

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Palaeoryctes Temporal range: 62.4–53.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N middle Paleocene to early Eocene

Palaeoryctes jepseni lower jaw fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia (?)
Order:	†Palaeoryctida
Family:	†Palaeoryctidae
Subfamily:	†Palaeoryctinae
Genus:	†Palaeoryctes Matthew, 1913
Type species
†Palaeoryctes puercensis Matthew, 1913
Species
†P. cruoris (Gunnell, 1994)^[1] †P. jepseni (Bloch, 2004)^[2] †P. minimus (Gheerbrant, 1992)^[3] †P. puercensis (Matthew, 1913)^[4] †P. punctatus (Van Valen, 1966)^[5]