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Uintatherium
Uintatherium U*in`ta*the"ri*um, n. [NL., fr. Uinta, the Indian name of the region where the animals were discovered + Gr. qhri`on beast.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of large Eocene ungulates allied to Dinoceras. This name is sometimes used for nearly all the known species of the group. See Dinoceras.
Uintatherium
Dinoceras Di*noc"e*ras, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? terrible + ?, ?, horn.] (Paleon.) A genus of large extinct Eocene mammals from Wyoming; -- called also Uintatherium. See Illustration in Appendix. Note: They were herbivorous, and remarkable for three pairs of hornlike protuberances on the skull. The males were armed with a pair of powerful canine tusks.

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- Uintatherium ("Beast of the Uinta Mountains") is an extinct genus of herbivorous dinoceratan mammal that lived during the Eocene epoch. Two species are...
- between the landm****es during the Eocene, as suggested by the presence of Uintatherium in both North America and China. Uinatheres became extinct towards the...
- Uintatherium anceps, a dinoceratan...
- was the largest uintathere. It looked much like the related Uintatherium. Like Uintatherium, it had three pairs of blunt horns on its skull, possibly covered...
- States.[citation needed] Established megafauna of the Eocene include the Uintatherium, Arsinoitherium, and brontotheres, in which the former two, unlike the...
- flightless bird Gastornis, proboscideans, equids, primates, rodents, and Uintatherium. During the Ice Age, Wyoming was subject to glacial activity. Local Native...
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- Pteranodons. Once they raft to s****,, they narrowly avoid being trampled by a Uintatherium. After setting up camp, Maston, Chuck, Bunta, and Frankie go out looking...
- returning from trips. Among the new specimens described by the men were Uintatherium, Loxolophodon, Eobasileus, Dinoceras, and Tinoceras. The problem was...
- beast"); Megatherium ("big beast"); Brontotherium ("thunder beast"); Uintatherium ("beast from the Uinta Mountains") thylac-: Pronunciation: /θaɪlæk/....