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Bathyopsis
Taxonomy
Bathyopsis was named by Cope (1881). Its type is Bathyopsis fissidens.
It was assigned to Dinocerata by Cope (1881); to Bathyopsidae by Hay (1902); to Uintatheriidae by Dorr (1958); to Bathyopsinae by Wheeler (1961); to Bathyopsini by Schoch and Lucas (1985); and to Uintatheriinae by Lucas and Schoch (1998).
It was assigned to Dinocerata by Cope (1881); to Bathyopsidae by Hay (1902); to Uintatheriidae by Dorr (1958); to Bathyopsinae by Wheeler (1961); to Bathyopsini by Schoch and Lucas (1985); and to Uintatheriinae by Lucas and Schoch (1998).
Species
B. fissidens (type species), B. middleswarti
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1881 | Bathyopsis Cope p. 194 |
1902 | Bathyopsis Hay p. 700 |
1958 | Bathyopsis Dorr, Jr. p. 515 |
1961 | Bathyopsis Wheeler pp. 23 - 24 |
1985 | Bathyopsis Schoch and Lucas p. 43 |
1998 | Bathyopsis 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.
G. †Bathyopsis Cope 1881
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†Bathyopsis fissidens Cope 1881
†Bathyopsis middleswarti Wheeler 1961
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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W. H. Wheeler 1961 | Small to medium-sized uintathere. Trigonids high, small P, present. Metastylid strong and closely appressed to trigonid. Entoconid not notably distinct. No hypoconulid crest. Paraconid crest much reduced. Jaws very deep with strong inframandibular process sloping evenly backward and upward to the angle. Lower molars not as elongate as in Probathyopsis.
Cranial table only slightly basined, horns rudimentary. Skull not deep. Temporal fossa visible from above. No sagittal crest. | |
R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1985 | Same as that for the Bathyopsini. Relatively small uintatheriines with small horns and a vestigial P/1 pre sent (variable?) (p).] |