Bathyopsis
Appearance
Bathyopsis Temporal range: Early to middle Eocene
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Bathyopsis fissidens skull | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Dinocerata |
Family: | †Uintatheriidae |
Subfamily: | †Uintatheriinae |
Genus: | †Bathyopsis Cope, 1881 |
Type species | |
†Bathyopsis fissidens | |
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Bathyopsis is an extinct genus of uintathere. It lived in North America during the Eocene.
Description
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Bathyopsis_fissidens_head.png/220px-Bathyopsis_fissidens_head.png)
This animal reached 90 cm (35 in) high.[1]
References
- ^ Patricia Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Mildred Adams Fenton, Carroll Lane Fenton (January 15, 2020). The Fossil Book: A Record of Prehistoric Life. Dover Publications. p. 555. ISBN 9780486838557. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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Further reading
- Lucas, S.G. and R.M. Schoch. 1998. Dinocerata. pp. 284–291 in C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (eds.) Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose