''Bathyopsis'', from
Ancient Greek
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βαθύς (''bathús''), meaning "thick", and ὄψις (''ópsis''), meaning "face", is an extinct genus of
dinocerates. It lived in
North America
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during the
Eocene
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.
Description

This animal reached high.
References
Further reading
* Lucas, S.G. and R.M. Schoch. 1998. Dinocerata. pp. 284–291 ''in'' C.M. Janis, K.M. Scott, and L.L. Jacobs (''eds.'') ''Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America'' Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
* ''The Beginning of the Age of Mammals'' by Kenneth D. Rose
Dinoceratans
Extinct mammals of North America
Fossil taxa described in 1881
Prehistoric placental genera
Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope
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