Saturday, 29 August 2015

Uintatherium



Name: Uintatherium ‭(‬Uinta beast‭ ‬-‭ ‬after the Uinta Mountains‭).
Phonetic: Win-tah-fee-ree-um.
Named By: Joseph Leidy‭ ‬-‭ ‬1872.
Synonyms: Dinoceras,‭ ‬Ditetrodon,‭ ‬Elachoceras,‭ ‬Octotomus,‭ ‬Tinoceras,‭ ‬Uintamastix,‭ ‬Uintatherium atrox,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬alticeps,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬furcatus,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬latifrons,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬leidianum,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬princeps,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬pressicornis,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬robustum,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬segne,‭ ‬U.‭ ‬vagans.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Dinocerata,‭ ‬Uintatheriidae.
Species: U.‭ ‬anceps‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: 4‭ ‬meters long.
Known locations: USA.
Time period: Ypresian to Bartonian of the Eocene.
Fossil representation: Many specimens.

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