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| Cosoryx Temporal range: Miocene | |
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| C. furcatus mount | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Subfamily: | †Merycodontinae |
| Genus: | †Cosoryx Leidy, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| †Cosoryx furcatus Leidy, 1869 | |
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Cosoryx is an extinct genus of antilocaprid that lived in the Miocene of Nevada. Fossils of this genus have also been found in the Santa Fe Group in New Mexico.
Cosoryx has sometimes been considered synonymous with Merycodus.
References
- 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.
- 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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| Cosoryx | |
| Cosoryx furcatus | |
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