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Conoryctella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4831698	https://www.gbif.org/species/4831698
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40611	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40611

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Stylinodontidae : Conoryctella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Conoryctidae : Conoryctella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Taeniodonta
-	Conoryctidae
genus	Conoryctella	Gazin 1939

Scientific Name

Conoryctella Gazin, 1939

Name Published In

J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 29

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Conoryctella	genus	belongs to Conoryctidae	stated without evidence	Gazin, 1939
Conoryctella	genus	belongs to Taeniodonta	stated without evidence	Lucas et al., 1998
Conoryctella	genus	belongs to Conoryctidae	stated with evidence	Rook and Hunter, 2011

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

63.3 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Conoryctidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore, herbivore (based on Conoryctidae)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Conoryctidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. L. Gazin. 1939. A further contribution to the Dragon Paleocene fauna of central Utah. Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences 29(7):273-286

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Conoryctella dragonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	63.3 Ma Paleocene	63.3 Ma Paleocene
Conoryctella pattersoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	63.3 Ma Paleocene	63.3 Ma Paleocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1939	Conoryctella Gazin
1998	Conoryctella Lucas et al.
2011	Conoryctella Rook and Hunter
2013	Conoryctella Williamson and Brusatte

References

Gazin C. L. (1939) A further contribution to the Dragon Paleocene fauna of central Utah, Journal of Washington Academy of Sciences 29 7, 273-286

Lucas S. G., Schoch R. M., et al (1998) Taeniodonta, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 260-267

Rook D. L., Hunter J. P. (2011) Phylogeny of the Taeniodonta: Evidence from Dental Characters and Stratigraphy, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 2, 422-427

Williamson T. E., Brusatte S. L. (2013) New Specimens of the Rare Taeniodont Wortmania (Mammalia: Eutheria) from the San Juan Basin of New Mexico and Comments on the Phylogeny and Functional Morphology of “Archaic” Mammals, PLoS ONE 8 9, e75886:1-35 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075886

J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 29 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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