
ウインタテリウム
Sign in to saveUintatherium is an extinct genus of dinoceratan mammal that lived during the Eocene epoch. Two species are currently recognized: U. anceps is found in the United States and lived during the early to middle Eocene (50.5–37 million years ago), while U. insperatus is found in China and lived during the middle and late Eocene (48–37 million years ago). The first fossils of Uintatherium were recovered from the Fort Bridger Basin and were initially believed to belong to a new species of brontothere. Several previously recognized species, as well as genera such as Edward Drinker Cope's Loxolophodon a
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Uinta Mountains
- Mass
- 4500
- Image
- Skeleton of Uintatherium anceps.jpg
- Height
- 1.7
- Length
- 4
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- Commons category
- Uintatherium
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Uintatherium
- start time
- 45000000-0
- end time
- 37000000-0
- different from
- Urtinotherium
- location of discovery
- China
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Article · 日本語
ウインタテリウム(Uintatherium)は、新生代古第三紀始新世前期から中期かけて(約4,500万 ~ 約3,700万年前)に北アメリカとアジアに分布した大型の哺乳類。ウインタテリウム・アンセプス(U. anceps)などが知られる。サイくらいの大きさで、やわらかな植物を食べる植物食獣であった。
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