Cosoryx
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Cosoryx Temporal range: Miocene
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C. furcatus mount | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Antilocapridae |
Subfamily: | †Merycodontinae |
Genus: | †Cosoryx Leidy, 1869 |
Type species | |
Cosoryx furcatus Leidy, 1869
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Species | |
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Restoration of Ramoceros and Cosoryx
Cosoryx is an extinct genus of antilocaprid that lived in the Miocene of Nevada.[1] Fossils of this genus have also been found in the Santa Fe Group in New Mexico.[2]
Cosoryx has sometimes been considered synonymous with Merycodus.
References[edit]
- ^ Matthew, W. D. (1904). "A Complete Skeleton of Merycodus" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 20: 101–129. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ^ Galusha, Ted; Blick, John C. (1971). "Stratigraphy of the Santa Fe Group, New Mexico" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 144 (1). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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