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Tetheopsis
Taxonomy
Tetheopsis was named by Cope (1885). Its type is Loxalophodon speirianum.
It was assigned to Dinocerata by Cope (1885); to Uintatheriini by Schoch and Lucas (1985); and to Uintatheriinae by Wheeler (1961), Lucas and Schoch (1998).
It was assigned to Dinocerata by Cope (1885); to Uintatheriini by Schoch and Lucas (1985); and to Uintatheriinae by Wheeler (1961), Lucas and Schoch (1998).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Tetheopsis Cope p. 594 |
| 1961 | Tetheopsis Wheeler pp. 47 - 48 |
| 1985 | Tethyopsis Schoch and Lucas p. 43 |
| 1998 | Tetheopsis 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. †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]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| W. H. Wheeler 1961 | Large uintathere, distinguished from Uintatherium and Eobasileus by skull pro-
portions. Skull long and narrow with parietal horn situated relatively near occiput; postero- dorsal part of temporal fossa not widened; maxillary horn situated mainly above the diastema; portion of skull in front of maxillary horns moderately elongate. Skull in known specimens 75-95 cm. long; upper cheek-tooth row 161-179 mm. long. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lucas and Schoch 1998, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
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