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Uintatheriini (disused)

Mammalia - Dinocerata - Uintatheriidae

Taxonomy
Uintatheriini was named by Flower (1876).

It was assigned to Uintatheriinae by Schoch and Lucas (1985).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Uintatheriini Flower p. 387
1985Uintatheriini Schoch and Lucas p. 43

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

Tr. †Uintatheriini Flower 1876
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Schoch and S. G. Lucas 1985Large uintatheriines with well-de­veloped cranial horns and a deep basin between the temporal crests and anterior to the occipital crest; lower canine incisiform; paracristids on P/3- M/3 virtually absent; entoconids rarely distinct; entoco­ nid crests and hypoconid crests absent; skeleton !arge and heavy; tail short (Node 9).
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, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Lucas and Schoch 1998
Collections
No collection or age range data are available