Biology:Cosoryx
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Short description: Extinct species of mammals
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Subfamily: | †Merycodontinae |
| Genus: | †Cosoryx Leidy, 1869 |
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| †Cosoryx furcatus Leidy, 1869
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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
- ↑ Matthew, W. D. (1904). "A Complete Skeleton of Merycodus". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 20: 101–129. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/handle/2246/1513//v2/dspace/ingest/pdfSource/bul/B020a07.pdf?sequence=1. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
- ↑ Galusha, Ted; Blick, John C. (1971). "Stratigraphy of the Santa Fe Group, New Mexico". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 144 (1). https://digitallibrary.amnh.org/bitstream/handle/2246/1633/B144a01.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
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