| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Cosoryx : Cosoryx cerroensis |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Cosoryx : Cosoryx cerroensis |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Cosoryx |
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| Scientific Name | Cosoryx cerroensis (Frick, 1937) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Cosoryx cerroensis | species | belongs to Cosoryx | stated without evidence | Frick, 1937 | | Cosoryx cerroensis | species | belongs to Merycodus | stated without evidence | Henshaw, 1939 | | Cosoryx cerroensis | species | belongs to Cosoryx | stated without evidence | Skinner and Taylor, 1967 | | Cosoryx cerroensis | species | belongs to Merycodus | stated without evidence | Webb, 1969 | | Cosoryx cerroensis | species | belongs to Cosoryx | stated without evidence | Tedford et al., 1987 | | Cosoryx cerroensis | species | belongs to Cosoryx | stated with evidence | Janis and Manning, 1998 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 13.6 - 10.3 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 13.6 - 4.9 Ma
Neogene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | grazer (based on Cosoryx) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669 |
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| Frick C. (1937) Horned ruminants of North America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69, 1-669 |
| Henshaw P. C. (1939) A Tertiary Mammalian Fauna From the Avawatz Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 514 1, 1-30 |
| Skinner M. F., Taylor B. E. (1967) A revision of the geology and paleontology of the Bijou Hills, South Dakota, American Museum Novitates 2300, 1-53 |
| 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 |
| Janis C. M., Manning E. (1998) Antilocapridae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 491-507 |
Cosoryx cerroensis ✝
