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
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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