Conoryctes
| Conoryctes Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Taeniodonta |
| Family: | †Conoryctidae |
| Genus: | †Conoryctes |
| Species: | †C. comma
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| †Conoryctes comma Cope, 1881
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Conoryctes is an extinct genus of conoryctid that lived during the Torrejonian.
Palaeobiology
[edit]Conoryctes comma had well-stabilised digits and powerful forelimbs, indicating that it was highly adapted for scratch-digging.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.