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Uintatheriidae

Mammalia - Dinocerata - 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) and Matthew et al. (1929); and to Dinocerata by Patterson (1939), Wheeler (1961), Schoch and Lucas (1985), Carroll (1988) and Lucas and Schoch (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Uintatheriidae Flower
1891Uintatheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90
1910Uintatheriidae Gregory p. 466
1929Uintatheriidae Matthew et al.
1939Uintatheriidae Patterson p. 373
1961Uintatheriidae Wheeler p. 19
1985Uintatheriidae Schoch and Lucas p. 37
1988Uintatheriidae Carroll
1998Uintatheriidae Lucas and Schoch p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Uintatheriamorpha
orderDinocerata
familyUintatheriidaeFlower 1876
familyUintatheriidaeFlower 1876

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.

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. †Bathyopsis Cope 1881
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Bathyopsis fissidens Cope 1881
Bathyopsis middleswarti Wheeler 1961
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
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
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1985Large 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).
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Lucas and Schoch 1998, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Lostcabinian to the top of the Lutetian or 55.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Bathyopsis fissidens (15915 16078) Bathyopsis sp. (15903)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Bathyopsinae indet. (15841) Bathyopsis fissidens (15710 15839) Uintatheriidae indet. (15548)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Henan) Gobiatherium sp. (46196)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Hubei) Gobiatherium minutum (175808)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Inner Mongolia) Uintatherium sp., Gobiatherium major (195165)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Nei Mongol) Gobiatherium mirificum (75275 174920) Uintatherium sp. (174917)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Bathyopsis fissidens (16207) Bathyopsis middleswarti (16094 16116 16307 16371 16375 16382 16387 16410) Bathyopsis sp. (15837 16415 16486) Dinoceras agreste, Dinoceras laticeps, Tinoceras latum (16417) Dinoceras lucare, Dinoceras mirabile, Uintatherium latifrons (16404) Uintatherium anceps (16086 16200 16211 16234 16235 16236 16250 16278 16406 16421 16442 16448 16647) Uintatherium mirabile (16213) Uintatherium sp. (16418 16425 16426)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Bathyopsis fissidens (16241) Bathyopsis sp. (16239) Uintatheriidae indet. (16251)
Arshantan48.6 - 37.2Kazakhstan Gobiatherium mirificum (31009)
Arshantan48.6 - 37.2China (Nei Mongol) Gobiatherium mirificum (72184)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Shandong) Uintatherium sp. (175583)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Henan) Uintatherium insperatus (175802)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Kyrgyzstan Gobiatherium mirificum (177050 177051)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2China (Xinjiang) Uintatherium insperatus (176333)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Uintatherium sp. (16662)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Colorado) Uintacolotherium blayneyi (16623)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) Uintatherium anceps (186968)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) Uintatheriinae indet. (16666)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Utah) Eobasileus cornutus (16548 16659) Uintatherium anceps, Eobasileus uintensis (16656) Uintatherium sp. (16646)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) Uintatherium anceps (16588)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) Uintatherium sp. (16509)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) Eobasileus cornutus (16648) Uintatheriinae indet. (16556 16561)