Paracosoryx
Extinct genus of mammals
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Paracosoryx is an extinct genus of antilocaprids that lived in North America during the Miocene.
| Paracosoryx Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Subfamily: | †Merycodontinae |
| Genus: | †Paracosoryx Frick, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| †Paracosoryx wilsoni Frick, 1937 | |
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Taxonomy
Description
The burr of Paracoryx is located relatively high on the shaft compared to other members of Merycodontinae. The horn shaft is relatively long, with small, curved tines.[2]