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Cosoryx wilsoni ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9281629https://www.gbif.org/species/9281629
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)49796https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=49796
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Paracosoryx : Cosoryx wilsoni
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Paracosoryx : Cosoryx wilsoni
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-RuminantiamorphaSpaulding et al. 2009
-Ruminantia
-Pecora
familyAntilocapridaeGray 1866
genusParacosoryxJanis and Manning 1998
speciesCosoryx wilsoniFrick 1937
Generic NameCosoryx
Scientific NameCosoryx wilsoni (Frick, 1937)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paracosoryx wilsonispeciesbelongs to Cosoryxstated without evidenceFrick, 1937
Paracosoryx wilsonispeciesbelongs to Paracosoryxstated without evidenceTedford et al., 1987
Paracosoryx wilsonispeciesbelongs to Paracosoryxstated with evidenceDavis, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietbrowser, grazer (based on Antilocapridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Paracosoryx wilsoni (Frick, 1937)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Paracosoryx : Paracosoryx wilsoni

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1937Cosoryx wilsoni Frick
1987Paracosoryx wilsoni Tedford et al.
2007Paracosoryx wilsoni Davis p. 229

References

Frick C. (1937) Horned ruminants of North America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69, 1-669
Tedford R. H., Galusha T., et al (1987) Faunal succession and biochronology of the Arikareean through Hemphillian interval (late Oligocene through earliest Pliocene epochs) in North America, Cenozoic Mammals of North America: Geochronology and Biostratigraphy, 153-210
Davis E. B. (2007) Family Antilocapridae, The Evolution of Artiodactyls, 227-240
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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