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Uintatherium

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Uintamastix Leidy
1872Uintatherium Leidy
1872Dinoceras Marsh
1872Tinoceras Marsh
1873Uintatherium Cope p. 5
1873Uintatherium Leidy p. 331
1875Uintatherium Cope p. 28
1884Paroceras Marsh
1885Ditetrodon Cope
1885Octotomus Cope
1885Ditetrodon Cope p. 594
1886Elachoceras Scott
1902Uintatherium Hay p. 701
1902Dinoceras Hay p. 702
1902Tinoceras Hay p. 703
1902Elachoceras Hay p. 705
1958Uintatherium Dorr, Jr. p. 516
1961Uintatherium Wheeler pp. 25 - 26
1985Uintatherium Schoch and Lucas p. 43
1998Uintatherium Lucas and Schoch p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyUintatheriidaeFlower 1876
subfamilyUintatheriinaeFlower 1876
genusUintatheriumLeidy 1872

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.

G. †Uintatherium Leidy 1872
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Uintatherium anceps Marsh 1871
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Invalid names: Dinoceras agreste Marsh 1885 [synonym], Dinoceras cuneum Marsh 1885 [synonym], Dinoceras distans Marsh 1885 [synonym], Dinoceras lacustre Marsh 1872 [synonym], Dinoceras laticeps Marsh 1873 [synonym], Dinoceras lucare Marsh 1873 [synonym], Dinoceras mirabile Marsh 1872 [synonym], Dinoceras reflexum Marsh 1885 [synonym], Elachoceras parvum Scott 1886 [synonym], Loxolophodon furcatus Cope 1872 [synonym], Tinoceras affine Marsh 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras crassifrons Marsh 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras grande Marsh 1872 [synonym], Tinoceras hians Marsh 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras jugum Marsh 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras latum Marsh 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras pugnax Marsh 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras vagans Marsh 1885 [synonym], Uintamastix atrox Leidy 1872 [synonym], Uintatherium alticeps Scott 1886 [synonym], Uintatherium latifrons Marsh 1885 [synonym], Uintatherium leidianum Osborn et al. 1878 [synonym], Uintatherium princeps Osborn et al. 1878 [synonym], Uintatherium robustum Leidy 1872 [synonym], Uintatherium segne Marsh 1885 [synonym]
Uintatherium insperatus Tong and Wang 1981
Invalid names: Dinoceras Marsh 1872 [synonym], Ditetrodon Cope 1885 [synonym], Elachoceras Scott 1886 [synonym], Octotomus Cope 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras Marsh 1872 [synonym], Uintamastix Leidy 1872 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. H. Wheeler 1961Large uintathere, distinguished from Eobasileus and Tetheopsis by skull propor- tions. Skull relatively broad with parietal horn well in advance of occiput. The relative propor- tions for the large genera are shown in figure 1. Posterodorsal part of temporal fossa very wide; maxillary horn above diastema. Skull in known specimens 69 to 85 cm. long; upper cheek tooth row 143 to 169 mm long.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-08-31 13:51:18
Modified: 2005-08-31 15:51:18
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lucas and Schoch 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Lutetian or 50.30000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Inner Mongolia) U. sp. (195165)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Nei Mongol) U. sp. (174917)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Dinoceras agreste, Dinoceras laticeps, Tinoceras latum (16417) Dinoceras lucare, Dinoceras mirabile, U. latifrons (16404) U. anceps (16086 16200 16211 16234 16235 16236 16250 16278 16406 16421 16442 16448 16647) U. mirabile (16213) U. sp. (16418 16425 16426)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Shandong) U. sp. (175583)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Xinjiang) U. insperatus (176333)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Henan) U. insperatus (175802)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) U. sp. (16662)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) U. anceps (186968)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) U. anceps (16588)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Utah) U. anceps (16656) U. sp. (16646)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) U. sp. (16509)