Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Conoryctidae
Full reference: R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas. 1981. New Conoryctines (Mammalia: Taeniodonta) from the Middle Paleocene (Torrejonian) of Western North America. Journal of Mammalogy 62(4)
Parent taxon: Conoryctidae according to T. E. Williamson and S. L. Brusatte 2013
See also Lucas et al. 1998, Rook and Hunter 2011 and Schoch and Lucas 1981
Sister taxa: Conoryctella, Conoryctes, Eurodontinae
Subtaxa: Huerfanodon heilprinianus Huerfanodon polecatensis Huerfanodon torrejonius
Type: Huerfanodon torrejonius
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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