Conoryctes

Conoryctes
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Taeniodonta
Family: †Conoryctidae
Genus: †
Species:
†C. comma
Binomial name
†Conoryctes comma
Cope, 1881

Conoryctes is an extinct genus of conoryctid that lived during the Torrejonian.

Palaeobiology

Conoryctes comma had well-stabilised digits and powerful forelimbs, indicating that it was highly adapted for scratch-digging.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kynigopoulou, Zoi; Shelley, Sarah L.; Williamson, Thomas E.; Brusatte, Stephen L. (25 October 2024). Shaheen, Aliah Faisal (ed.). "The post-cranial anatomy and functional morphology of Conoryctes comma (Mammalia: Taeniodonta) from the Paleocene of North America". PLOS ONE. 19 (10): e0311053. Bibcode:2024PLoSO..1911053K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0311053. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 11508153. PMID 39453951.
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