Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Alternative combinations: Dicrocerus furcatus, Merycodus furcatus
Synonyms: Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) burgensis Frick 1937, Cosoryx agilis Douglass 1899, Cosoryx burgensis Frick 1937, Merycodus agilis Douglass 1899, Paracosoryx burgensis Frick 1937
Belongs to Cosoryx according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Cope 1875, Douglass 1899, Douglass 1903, Frick 1937, Furlong 1927, Galbreath 1953, Green 1956, Gregory 1942, Hay 1902, Matthew 1904, Skinner and Johnson 1984, Skinner and Taylor 1967, Tabrum and Nichols 2001, Voorhies 1990 and Webb 1969
Sister taxa: Cosoryx (Paracosoryx), Cosoryx (Subcosoryx), Cosoryx (Subparacosoryx), Cosoryx ilfonsensis
Subtaxa: Cosoryx furcatus mooki Cosoryx furcatus stembergi Cosoryx furcatus sternbergi
Ecology: ground dwelling grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Japan (1 collection), United States (45: Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, South Dakota)
Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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