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Cosoryx ilfonsensis

Osteichthyes - Antilocapridae

Taxonomy
Cosoryx ilfonsensis was named by Frick (1937). Its type specimen is F:AM 31435, a partial skull (Top of cranium and horns, with burr), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Ildefonso Pueblo, which is in a Barstovian/Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Cosoryx ilfonsensis Frick p. 339 figs. Figs. 36, 36A

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyAntilocapridae
subfamilyMerycodontinae()
genusCosoryxLeidy 1869
speciesilfonsensis

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.

†Cosoryx ilfonsensis Frick 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:47:24
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:47:24
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Early/Lower Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Cosoryx ilfonsensis (19547)
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (New Mexico) Cosoryx ilfonsensis (type locality: 19531)