Definition of Genus Uintatherium

1. Noun. Type genus of the Uintatheriidae; extinct large herbivorous ungulates somewhat resembling elephants; from the Eocene in Wyoming.

Exact synonyms: Uintatherium
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Uintatheriidae, Uintatheriidae
Member holonyms: Dinoceras, Uintathere

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Uintatherium

genus Tupinambis
genus Turbatrix
genus Turnix
genus Turreae
genus Turritis
genus Tursiops
genus Tussilago
genus Tylenchus
genus Tympanuchus
genus Typha
genus Tyrannosaurus
genus Tyrannus
genus Tyto
genus Uca
genus Uintatherium (current term)
genus Ulex
genus Ulmus
genus Ulva
genus Uma
genus Umbellularia
genus Umbrina
genus Unio
genus Upupa
genus Urginea
genus Uria
genus Urocyon
genus Urocystis
genus Urophycis
genus Uropsilus

Literary usage of Genus Uintatherium

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"... by the various families of Ungu- lata and some Rodentia. as has been pointed out in the following language : " The genus Uintatherium* has been shown to ..."

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