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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) and Matthew et al. (1929); and to Dinocerata by Patterson (1939), Wheeler (1961), Schoch and Lucas (1985), Carroll (1988) and 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) and Matthew et al. (1929); and to Dinocerata by Patterson (1939), Wheeler (1961), Schoch and Lucas (1985), Carroll (1988) and 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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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. †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
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Measurements
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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 |
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Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Bathyopsis fissidens (15915 16078) Bathyopsis sp. (15903) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Bathyopsinae indet. (15841) Bathyopsis fissidens (15710 15839) Uintatheriidae indet. (15548) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | China (Henan) | Gobiatherium sp. (46196) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | China (Hubei) | Gobiatherium minutum (175808) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | China (Inner Mongolia) | Uintatherium sp., Gobiatherium major (195165) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Gobiatherium mirificum (75275 174920) Uintatherium sp. (174917) | |
Bridgerian | USA (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) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Colorado) | Bathyopsis fissidens (16241) Bathyopsis sp. (16239) Uintatheriidae indet. (16251) | |
Arshantan | Kazakhstan | Gobiatherium mirificum (31009) | |
Arshantan | China (Nei Mongol) | Gobiatherium mirificum (72184) | |
Middle Eocene | China (Shandong) | Uintatherium sp. (175583) | |
Middle Eocene | China (Henan) | Uintatherium insperatus (175802) | |
Middle Eocene | Kyrgyzstan | Gobiatherium mirificum (177050 177051) | |
Middle Eocene | China (Xinjiang) | Uintatherium insperatus (176333) | |
Lutetian | USA (California) | Uintatherium sp. (16662) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Colorado) | Uintacolotherium blayneyi (16623) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Uintatherium anceps (186968) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | Uintatheriinae indet. (16666) | |
Uintan | USA (Utah) | Eobasileus cornutus (16548 16659) Uintatherium anceps, Eobasileus uintensis (16656) Uintatherium sp. (16646) | |
Uintan | USA (Texas) | Uintatherium anceps (16588) | |
Uintan | USA (California) | Uintatherium sp. (16509) | |
Uintan | USA (Wyoming) | Eobasileus cornutus (16648) Uintatheriinae indet. (16556 16561) |