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Gobiatherium

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Uintatheriidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Dinocerata

Class
  
Mammalia

Subfamily
  
Gobiatheriinae

Rank
  
Genus

Gobiatherium mirificum

Similar
  
Dinocerata, Uintatheriidae, Eobasileus, Prodinoceras, Bathyopsis

Gobiatherium (meaning "Beast of the Gobi Desert") was one of the last Uintatheres, from the Mid Eocene of Mongolia. Unlike its North American cousins, Uintatherium or Eobasileus, Gobiatherium lacked knob-like horns, or even fang-like tusks. Instead, it had enlarged cheekbones and an almost spherical snout.

Gobiatherium Gobiatherium by Pristichampsus on DeviantArt

Because of the noticeable lack of many diagnostic uintathere features (the horns and tusks), the genus is placed within its own subfamily, "Gobiatheriinae," though some experts prefer to rank it as the family "Gobiatheriidae".

Gobiatherium Gobiatherium by mojcaj on DeviantArt

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References

Gobiatherium Wikipedia


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