Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Alternative combinations: Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) alticornis, Cosoryx alticornis
Full reference: C. Frick. 1937. Horned ruminants of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 69:1-669
Belongs to Paracosoryx according to E. B. Davis 2007
See also Frick 1937, Janis and Manning 1998 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: F:AM 31154, a partial skull (Extremely elongate horn, flattened at the fork, proximal end missing and evidence as to burr in question). Its type locality is Skyline Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), United States (5: California, Nevada)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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