Bathyopsis fissidens 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

Belongs to Bathyopsis according to S. G. Lucas and R. M. Schoch 1998

See also Cope 1881, Hay 1902 and Wheeler 1961

Sister taxon: Bathyopsis middleswarti

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (14: Colorado, Wyoming collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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