Conoryctella dragonensis Gazin 1939 (taeniodont)

Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Conoryctidae

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Conoryctella according to C. L. Gazin 1941

See also Gazin 1939

Sister taxon: Conoryctella pattersoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Dragon Canyon, which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the North Horn Formation of Utah

Ecology: scansorial omnivore-herbivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (2: North Dakota, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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