''Bathyopsis'' is an extinct genus of
uintathere
Uintatheriidae is a family of extinct ungulate mammals that includes ''Uintatherium''. Uintatheres belong to the order Dinocerata, one of several extinct orders of primitive hoofed mammals that are sometimes united in the Condylarthra.
Uintathe ...
. It lived in
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...
during the
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...
.
Description
This animal reached high.
References
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
Dinoceratans
Extinct mammals of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1881
Prehistoric placental genera
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