Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Alternative combination: Cosoryx sabulonis
Synonym: Cosoryx (Subparacosoryx) savaronis Frick 1937
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and H. J. Cook. 1909. A Pliocene fauna from western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 26(27):361-414
Belongs to Merycodus according to C. M. Janis and E. Manning 1998
See also Frick 1937 and Skinner and Taylor 1967
Sister taxa: Merycodus crucensis, Merycodus hookwayi, Merycodus joraki, Merycodus major, Merycodus minimus, Merycodus minor, Merycodus necatus, Merycodus prodromus, Merycodus tehuanus, Merycodus trilateralis, Merycodus warreni, Meryceros (Submeryceros)
Type specimens:
- Merycodus sabulonis: AMNH 14102, a mandible. Its type locality is Snake Creek Fauna, which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian channel sandstone in Nebraska.
- Cosoryx (Subparacosoryx) savaronis: AMNH 17339, a partial skeleton (Posterior cranium with horns, M1-M3). Its type locality is Sinclair Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Olcott Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: ground dwelling browser-grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), United States (16: Nebraska, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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