Cosoryx Leidy 1869 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Parent taxon: Merycodontinae according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998

See also Douglass 1909, Frick 1937, Galbreath 1953, Gregory 1942, Hay 1902, Henshaw 1939, Matthew 1904, Matthew 1904, Skinner and Taylor 1967 and Tedford et al. 1987

Sister taxon: Ramoceros

Subtaxa: Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) Cosoryx (Subcosoryx) Cosoryx (Subparacosoryx) Cosoryx furcatus Cosoryx ilfonsensis

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Ecology: ground dwelling grazer

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (1: Oklahoma collection)

• Miocene of Japan (1), United States (94: California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, South Dakota, Washington, Wyoming)

Total: 96 collections including 97 occurrences

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