In Depth Imagine a rhinoceros with several smaller horns on top of its head and forward teeth similar to a sabre-toothed cat and you have a rough idea to what Uintatherium looked like. Although first named by Joseph Leidy in 1872, Uintatherium would become involved in the ‘bone wars’, a well-publicised feud between the palaeontologists … Read more
In Depth Gobiatherium is the type genus of its own specific group of uintatheres, the Gobiatheriinae. This is because Gobiatherium lacks the skull horns and tusks that are common features in it relatives, though Gobiatherium still retains some distinguishing characteristics of its own. These include well developed cheek bones and an expanded nasal area where … Read more
In Depth With three pairs of short blunt horns on top its skull and two tusks that pointed down from the upper jaw, Eobasileus looked remarkably similar to its close relative Uintatherium (which is why unsurprisingly it is a member of the Uintatheriidae). With an upper size comparable to that of a large black rhinoceros … Read more