Eobasileus
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| Eobasileus cornutus Cope, 1872 |
Eobasileus cornutus is an extinct species of dinocerate mammal.
Eobasileus was 3 m (10 ft) long and stood 1,50 m (5 ft) tall at the shoulder. It looked very similar to the related Uintatherium. Like Uintatherium, it had three pairs of blunt horns on its skull, possibly covered with skin (like a giraffe). The frontal pair may have been composed of keratin, like the horn(s) of a rhinoceros. Eobasileus also had a pair of tusks which were shielded by bony protrusions of the lower jaw.
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