†Conoryctes comma Cope 1881 (taeniodont)
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Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Conoryctidae
Synonym: Hexodon molestus Cope 1884
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. On some Mammalia of the lowest Eocene beds of New Mexico. Palaeontological Bulletin 33:484-495
Belongs to Conoryctes according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Cope 1881, Cope 1888, Hay 1902, Matthew 1937 and Schoch 1986
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: New Mexico collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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