Uintatherium Leidy 1872 (uintathere)

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Synonyms: Dinoceras Marsh 1872, Ditetrodon Cope 1885, Elachoceras Scott 1886, Octotomus Cope 1885, Paroceras Marsh 1884, Tinoceras Marsh 1872, Uintamastix Leidy 1872

Parent taxon: Uintatheriinae according to S. G. Lucas and R. M. Schoch 1998

See also Alroy 2002, Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Cope 1885, Dorr 1958, Gazin 1976, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873, Schoch and Lucas 1985 and Wheeler 1961

Sister taxa: Bathyopsini, Bathyopsis, Eobasileus, Tetheopsis, Uintatheriini

Subtaxa: Dinoceras (Paroceras) Dinoceras lucaris Tinoceras (Laoceras) Tinoceras (Platoceras) Tinoceras cornutum Uintatherium anceps Uintatherium insperatus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (5 collections), United States (25: California, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 30 collections including 34 occurrences

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