Bathyopsis is an extinct genus of uintathere. It lived in North America during the Eocene.

Bathyopsis
Temporal range: Early to middle Eocene
Bathyopsis fissidens skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Dinocerata
Family: Uintatheriidae
Subfamily: Uintatheriinae
Genus: Bathyopsis
Cope, 1881
Type species
Bathyopsis fissidens
Species
  • B. fissidens
  • B. middlestewarti

Description

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B. fissidens portrait

This animal reached 90 cm (35 in) high.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Further reading

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  • 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