Palaeoryctidae
| Palaeoryctids | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia (?) |
| Order: | †Palaeoryctida |
| Family: | †Palaeoryctidae Winge, 1917 |
| Genera | |
Palaeoryctidae or Palaeoryctoidea ("old/stony digger", from Greek: ὀρύκτης, oryctes) is an extinct group of relatively non-specialized
Description
From a near-complete skull of the genus
Where the leptictids were short-lived, the palaeoryctids seem to have been ancestors of Eocene species. While their dental morphology still indicate a mostly insectivorous diet, it, to some extent, also relate to Eocene carnivores such as creodonts.[2]
Taxonomy
The relationship between this archaic group and other insectivorous mammals is
Generally speaking Palaeoryctidae has been used as a wastebasket taxon, but it is now considered obsolete; the only group of insectivorous mammals now considered valid is the order Eulipotyphla.[7]
According to 2022 study of Bertrand, O. C, palaeoryctids are identified to be a basal placental mammal.[8]
Notes
- ^ a b "Palaeoryctidae". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 17 January 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Agustí & Antón 2002, p. 5
- hdl:2246/5265.)
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Mammals: An Outline of Theriology. 1976.
- ^ Gingerich 1982, p. 38
- ^ History, Carnegie Museum of Natural (1995). Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
- ISBN 9781400884452.
- .
References
- Agustí, Jordi; Antón, Mauricio (2002). ISBN 0-231-11640-3.
- Gingerich, Philip D. (December 1982). "Aaptoryctes (Palaeoryctidae) and Thelysia (Palaeoryctidae?); New Insectivorous Mammals from the Late Paleocene and Early Eocene of Western North America" (PDF). Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology. 26 (3). University of Michigan: 37–47.
External links
- "Family: Palaeoryctidae: Occurrence overview". GDIF. Retrieved 17 January 2010.
- "†Palaeoryctidae". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 17 January 2010.