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Uintatheriidae
Taxonomy
Uintatheriidae was named by Flower (1876). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Tinoceridae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Amblypoda by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Amblypoda by Gregory (1910), Matthew et al. (1929); and to Dinocerata by Patterson (1939), Wheeler (1961), Schoch and Lucas (1985), Carroll (1988), Lucas and Schoch (1998).
It was synonymized subjectively with Tinoceridae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Amblypoda by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Amblypoda by Gregory (1910), Matthew et al. (1929); and to Dinocerata by Patterson (1939), Wheeler (1961), Schoch and Lucas (1985), Carroll (1988), Lucas and Schoch (1998).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1876 | Uintatheriidae Flower |
| 1891 | Uintatheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90 |
| 1910 | Uintatheriidae Gregory p. 466 |
| 1929 | Uintatheriidae Matthew et al. |
| 1939 | Uintatheriidae Patterson p. 373 |
| 1961 | Uintatheriidae Wheeler p. 19 |
| 1985 | Uintatheriidae Schoch and Lucas p. 37 |
| 1988 | Uintatheriidae Carroll |
| 1998 | Uintatheriidae Lucas and Schoch p. 287 |
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Fm. †Uintatheriidae Flower 1876
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Subfm. †Gobiatheriinae Flerov 1952
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G. †Gobiatherium Osborn and Granger 1932
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†Gobiatherium minutum Cheng and Ma 1990
†Gobiatherium mirificum Osborn and Granger 1932
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Invalid names: Gobiatherium major Qi 1987 [synonym]
Subfm. †Uintatheriinae Flower 1876
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G. †Eobasileus Cope 1872
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†Eobasileus cornutus Cope 1872
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Invalid names: Eobasileus uintensis Osborn 1929 [synonym], Uintacolotherium blayneyi Cook 1926 [synonym]
†Eobasileus furcatus Cope 1872
†Eobasileus galeatus Cope 1873
†Eobasileus pressicornis Cope 1872
Invalid names: Uintacolotherium Cook 1926 [synonym]
G. †Tetheopsis Cope 1885
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†Tetheopsis ingens Marsh 1885
†Tetheopsis speirianus Osborn 1881
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Invalid names: Tinoceras annectens Marsh 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras longiceps Marsh 1885 [synonym], Tinoceras stenops Marsh 1885 [synonym]
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]
Invalid names: Bathyopsini Osborn 1898 [empty], Uintatheriini Flower 1876 [empty]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1985 | Large dinoceratans lacking upper incisors; P/3 - M/2 paraconids and paracristids greatly reduced; lower molars relatively shortened with entoconid crests and hypoconulid crests greatly reduced; lower incisors bilobed; para sagittat crests present; astragalus lacks a neck; some form of protuberance development or inflation of
bone on the skull in the nasal region (Node 6). |