Bathyopsis Cope 1881 (uintathere)

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1881. On the Vertebrata of the Wind River Eocene beds of Wyoming. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey 6(1):183-202

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

See also Cope 1881, Dorr 1958, Hay 1902, Schoch and Lucas 1985 and Wheeler 1961

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

Subtaxa: Bathyopsis fissidens Bathyopsis middleswarti

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Type: Bathyopsis fissidens

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (19: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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