Uintatherium insperatus Tong and Wang 1981 (uintathere)

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Full reference: Y. Tong and J. Wang. 1981. A Skull of Uintatherium from Henan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 19(3):208-213

Belongs to Uintatherium according to Y. Tong and J. Wang 1981

Sister taxa: Uintatherium anceps, Tinoceras (Laoceras), Tinoceras (Platoceras), Tinoceras cornutum, Dinoceras (Paroceras), Dinoceras lucaris

Type specimen: IVPP V6379, a skull. Its type locality is Xiejiagou, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lushi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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