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Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) wilsoni

Mammalia - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) wilsoni was named by Frick (1937). Its type specimen is F:AM 32470, a partial skeleton (crushed skull with tall, slender horns with burrs and P2-M3, muzzle missing), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Long Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Sheep Creek Formation of Nebraska.

It was recombined as Paracosoryx wilsoni by Janis and Manning (1998), Davis (2007), Beatty and Martin (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) wilsoni Frick p. 351 figs. Fig. 37
1998Paracosoryx wilsoni Janis and Manning p. 495 figs. Figure 33.4A
2007Paracosoryx wilsoni Davis p. 229
2009Paracosoryx wilsoni Beatty and Martin p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
subfamilyMerycodontinae()
genusCosoryxLeidy 1869
subgenusParacosoryx
specieswilsoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:47:24
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:47:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barstovian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nevada) Cosoryx wilsoni (18962)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Cosoryx wilsoni (type locality: 17961)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Cosoryx wilsoni (18873 19073 19075)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Cosoryx wilsoni (17905)