Paracosoryx loxoceros Furlong 1934 (pronghorn)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae

Alternative combinations: Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) loxocerus, Cosoryx loxocerus, Merycodus loxocerus, Paracosoryx loxocerus

Full reference: E. L. Furlong. 1934. New merycodonts From the Upper Miocene of Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 453(1):1-10

Belongs to Paracosoryx according to E. B. Davis 2007

See also Frick 1937, Furlong 1934 and Tedford et al. 1987

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CIT 1301, a mandible (right ramus). Its type locality is Tonopah, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in Nevada.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Nevada collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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