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Eobasileus cornutus

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Taxonomy

Eobasileus cornutus was named by Cope (1872).

It was recombined as Loxolophodon cornutus by Cope (1872), Cope (1873) and Osborn (1881); it was recombined as Tinoceras cornutum by Hay (1902).

Synonyms

Eobasileus uintensis was named by Osborn (1929). Its type locality is White River (Upper Uinta B1), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eobasileus cornutus by Wheeler (1961).
Uintacolotherium blayneyi was named by Cook (1926) [genotype]. Its type specimen is DMNS 495, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sand Wash, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Washakie Formation of Colorado.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eobasileus cornutus by Wheeler (1961) and West and Dawson (1975).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1872	Eobasileus cornutus Cope p. 485
1872	Loxolophodon cornutus Cope p. 488
1873	Loxolophodon cornutus Cope p. 8
1881	Loxolophodon cornutus Osborn
1902	Tinoceras cornutum Hay p. 704
1926	Uintacolotherium blayneyi Cook
1929	Eobasileus uintensis Osborn
1930	Eobasileus cornutus Osborn p. 203
1961	Eobasileus cornutus Wheeler p. 53
1975	Eobasileus cornutus West and Dawson p. 237
1998	Eobasileus cornutus Lucas and Schoch p. 287

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Uintatheriamorpha
order	Dinocerata
family	Uintatheriidae	Flower 1876
subfamily	Uintatheriinae	Flower 1876
genus	Eobasileus
species	cornutus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Eobasileus cornutus Cope 1872

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Invalid names: Eobasileus uintensis Osborn 1929 [synonym], Uintacolotherium blayneyi Cook 1926 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingo

Diet:

herbivoreo

Created:

2005-08-31 13:51:18

Modified:

2005-08-31 15:51:18

Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Lucas and Schoch 1998, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Uintan or 46.20000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Colorado)	Uintacolotherium blayneyi (16623)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Wyoming)	Eobasileus cornutus (16648)
Uintan	46.2 - 39.7	USA (Utah)	Eobasileus cornutus (16548 16659) Eobasileus uintensis (16656)