File:Eobasileus cornutus (fossil mammal) (Uinta Formation, Upper Eocene; White River Divide, near Vernal, Utah, USA) (33541826751).jpg

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Eobasileus cornutus Cope, 1872 - fossil mammal skull from the Eocene of Utah, USA. (FMNH P12170, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois, USA)

From museum signage: "With bony knobs on their skulls, uintatheres looked like strange rhinos. Although uintatheres are not closely related to rhinos, the knobs likely served the same purpose as a rhino's horns: attracting mates or establishing dominance among others of their species. Many animals, from dinosaurs to deer, have used fancy structures for similar purposes."

Classification: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Placentalia, Dinocerata, Uintatheriidae

Stratigraphy: "Horizon B", Wagonhound Member, Uinta Formation, Upper Eocene

Locality: White River Divide, ~2 miles east of the Bonanza Mine, near Vernal, northeastern Utah, USA

See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eobasileus" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eobasileus</a> and

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uintatheriidae" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uintatheriidae</a>
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Author James St. John

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