Prehistoric Models: Dinocerata
(uintatheriidae)
Mammals are a class animals defined as warm-blooded vertebrates, distinguished by the possession of hair or fur, the secretion of milk by females for the nourishment of the young, and (typically) the birth of live young (with only two modern exceptions).
Members of the order Dinocerata meaning “terrible horn” are extinct herbivorous mammals that lived during the Eocene Epoch. These large hoofed mammals have destinctive paired horns and tusk-like canine teeth.
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Chordata – Superclass: Tetrapoda – Class: Mammalia – Order: Dinocerata
(Dinocerata)
Late Paleocene to Late Eocene
Genus: Uintatherium “Beast of the Uinta Mountains”
Genus pronounced: Win-tah-fee-ree-um
Named by: Joseph Leidy – 1872
Species: U. anceps (type )and U. insperatus
Classification: Family: Uinatatheriidae
Time: Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian)
Location: China, Henan Province – Lushi Formation. USA – California, Texas, Utah, Wyoming.
Size: 1.70m (5.6 ft) Height
Diet: Herbivore
Genus: Uintatherium “Beast of the Uinta Mountains”
Genus pronounced: Win-tah-fee-ree-um
Named by: Joseph Leidy – 1872
Species: U. anceps (type )and U. insperatus
Classification: Family: Uinatatheriidae
Time: Eocene (Ypresian to Bartonian)
Location: China, Henan Province – Lushi Formation. USA – California, Texas, Utah, Wyoming.
Size: 1.70m (5.6 ft) Height
Diet: Herbivore
