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Cosoryx
Temporal range: Miocene
C. furcatus mount
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Antilocapridae
Subfamily: †Merycodontinae
Genus: †Cosoryx
Leidy, 1869
Type species
†Cosoryx furcatus
Leidy, 1869
Species
  • C. cerroensis
  • C. furcatus
  • C. ilfonensis
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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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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