Probathyopsis is an extinct genus of Uintatheriidae. It was similar to Prodinoceras. Probathyopsis lived in the United States in the Paleocene epoch. Its name means "before Bathyopsis".
Probathyopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Dinocerata |
Family: | †Uintatheriidae |
Genus: | †Probathyopsis Simpson, 1929 |
Males of Probathyopsis reached 300 kg (660 lb) in body mass.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Paleocene mammals of the world". Archived from the original on 11 September 2022.