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Definition of uintathere in English: uintatherenoun juːˈɪntəθɪə An early hoofed mammal of the Eocene epoch, with a heavy body and a grotesque head with several bony hornlike swellings and long canine teeth. Family Uintatheriidae, order Dinocerata, including Uintatherium Example sentencesExamples - Many types of large mammals disappear, including all the uintatheres and brontotheres and indricotheres.
- Mammals included many giant yet small-brained rhinoceros-like types - the Asiamerican uintatheres, and brontotheres and the African arsinoitheres.
- Eocene uintatheres sported several blunt pairs of horns that were probably covered by skin.
- The large mammals such as uintatheres, pantodonts, and tapiroids may have been stream-side or marsh dwellers.
- And next, I want to read about ‘exotic’ fossil mammals - uintatheres and Astrapotherium.
Origin Late 19th century: from modern Latin Uintatherium, from Uinta(h), the name of a mountain range in Utah, US (where remains were found), + Greek thērion 'wild beast'. |