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Cosoryx
Taxonomy
Cosoryx was named by Leidy (1869). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Merycodus by Hay (1902), Matthew (1904), Douglass (1909), Henshaw (1939), Gregory (1942), Galbreath (1953) and Webb (1969).
It was assigned to Cosorycinae by Frick (1937); to Antilocapridae by Leidy (1869), Skinner and Taylor (1967) and Tedford et al. (1987); and to Merycodontinae by Janis and Manning (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Merycodus by Hay (1902), Matthew (1904), Douglass (1909), Henshaw (1939), Gregory (1942), Galbreath (1953) and Webb (1969).
It was assigned to Cosorycinae by Frick (1937); to Antilocapridae by Leidy (1869), Skinner and Taylor (1967) and Tedford et al. (1987); and to Merycodontinae by Janis and Manning (1998).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1869 | Cosoryx Leidy |
1937 | Cosoryx Frick p. 291 |
1967 | Cosoryx Skinner and Taylor |
1987 | Cosoryx Tedford et al. |
1998 | Cosoryx Janis and Manning p. 496 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Cosoryx Leidy 1869
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Subg. †Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) Frick 1937
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†Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) sabulonis Matthew and Cook 1909
†Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) wilsoni Frick 1937
Subg. †Cosoryx (Subparacosoryx) Frick 1937
†Cosoryx furcatus Leidy 1869
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†Cosoryx furcatus stembergi Frick 1937
†Cosoryx furcatus sternbergi Frick 1937
Invalid names: Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) burgensis Frick 1937 [synonym], Cosoryx agilis Douglass 1899 [synonym], Cosoryx burgensis Frick 1937 [synonym]
†Cosoryx furcatus mooki Frick 1937
†Cosoryx ilfonsensis Frick 1937
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available