U is for Uintatherium – #AtoZChallenge – 2017 – Uintan Mammals

U is for Uintatherium

Uintatherium was a massive hoofed mammal that lived during the Eocene epoch. Superficially, they were rather rhinoceros-like, though they were not related.

A reconstruction of Uintatherium.
Credit: Dmitry Bogdanov CC 3.0 By SA

Notably, Uintatheres had many horns and protuberances on their skulls, in addition to robust tusks.

Cast of Uintatherium anceps (Leidy, 1872) – syn. Dinoceras mirabile (Marsh 1872) skull, neck vertebrae.
Credit: Jebulon [Public Domain]

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