Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
type locality is High Rock Canyon [18922]
Alternative combinations: Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) nevadensis, Cosoryx nevadensis, Merycodus nevadensis
Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1911. Tertiary Mammal Beds Of Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek In Northwestern Nevada. Part II.-Vertebrate Faunas. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 6(11):199-304
Belongs to Paracosoryx according to E. B. Davis 2007
See also Frick 1937 and Tedford et al. 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 12608, a mandible (a lower jaw with m1 to m3)
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Nevada, Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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