†order Dinocerata Marsh 1872 (uintathere)

Mammalia - Dinocerata

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1872. Communication on the discovery of new Rocky Mountain fossils. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 12:578-579

Parent taxon: Uintatheriamorpha according to R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1985

See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Hay 1902 and McKenna 1975

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Gobiatheriidae Prodinoceratidae Uintatheriidae

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of China (13 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (2), United States (56: California, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Clarkforkian of United States (45: Colorado, Wyoming)

• Cf1 of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Cf2 of United States (2: Wyoming)

• Cf3 of United States (1: Wyoming)

• Paleocene of China (6), Mongolia (4), United States (18: Wyoming)

Total: 149 collections including 161 occurrences

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