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Cosoryx furcatus
Taxonomy
Cosoryx furcatus was named by Leidy (1869) [genotype; also said to be 1858].
It was recombined as Dicrocerus furcatus by Cope (1875) and Cope (1877); it was recombined as Merycodus furcatus by Hay (1902), Matthew (1904), Furlong (1927), Gregory (1942), Galbreath (1953), Green (1956) and Voorhies (1990).
It was recombined as Dicrocerus furcatus by Cope (1875) and Cope (1877); it was recombined as Merycodus furcatus by Hay (1902), Matthew (1904), Furlong (1927), Gregory (1942), Galbreath (1953), Green (1956) and Voorhies (1990).
Subspecies
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1869 | Cosoryx furcatus Leidy |
1875 | Dicrocerus furcatus Cope p. 257 |
1877 | Dicrocerus furcatus Cope |
1899 | Cosoryx agilis Douglass p. 23 figs. Plate 4, Figure 1 |
1902 | Merycodus agilis Hay p. 683 |
1902 | Merycodus furcatus Hay p. 683 |
1903 | Merycodus agilis Douglass |
1904 | Merycodus furcatus Matthew p. 122 |
1927 | Merycodus furcatus Furlong |
1937 | Cosoryx burgensis Frick |
1937 | Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) burgensis Frick pp. 307, 343 figs. Figure 37A |
1937 | Cosoryx furcatus Frick p. 340 |
1942 | Merycodus furcatus Gregory |
1953 | Merycodus furcatus Galbreath |
1956 | Merycodus furcatus Green |
1967 | Cosoryx furcatus Skinner and Taylor |
1984 | Paracosoryx burgensis Skinner and Johnson p. 293 |
1990 | Merycodus furcatus Voorhies |
1998 | Cosoryx furcatus Janis and Manning |
2001 | Cosoryx agilis Tabrum and Nichols p. 91 |
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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.
†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
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Solounias and Moelleken 1993 |
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Clarendonian or 15.97000 to 10.30000 Ma
Collections (46 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Miocene | USA (Kansas) | Cosoryx furcatus (18122) | |
Miocene | USA (South Dakota) | Merycodus furcatus (18084 18085 18183 18380 18383 18384) | |
Miocene | USA (Nebraska) | Cosoryx furcatus (18210 18238) | |
Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Cosoryx furcatus (18144) Merycodus furcatus (18443) | |
Barstovian | USA (Nevada) | Merycodus furcatus (19088) | |
Barstovian - Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Cosoryx furcatus (18270) Cosoryx furcatus, Cosoryx burgensis (18077) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Cosoryx furcatus (18060 18078 18106 18157 18159 18176 18204 18217 18233 18234 18243 18260 18294 18334 18413 18414 18456) Merycodus furcatus (18082 18483) | |
Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | Merycodus furcatus (19035 182562) | |
Clarendonian | USA (South Dakota) | Merycodus furcatus (18063 18470 18472 18473 18478 18481 18485 18492 18493) | |
Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (South Dakota) | Cosoryx furcatus (18087) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Japan | Dicrocerus furcatus (52009) |