†Cosoryx Leidy 1869 (pronghorn)
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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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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