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|name = ''Miotapirus'' |
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|fossil_range = {{fossilrange|33.9|20.6}} Early [[Miocene]] |
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|regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
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|phylum = [[Chordata]] |
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|classis = [[Mammalia]] |
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|ordo = [[Perissodactyla]] |
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|familia = [[Tapiridae]] |
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|genus = '''''Protapirus''''' |
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|genus_authority = Filhol (1877) |
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|subdivision_ranks = Species |
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|subdiviosion = |
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*''Protapirus obliquidens'' <small>(syn. Tanyops undans)</small>, |
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*''Protapirus simplex'' <small>(syn. P. validus)</small> |
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'''''Protapirus''''' is an extinct genus of [[tapir]]. Fossil specimens of this genus have been found in [[North America]] and [[Europe]].<ref name="TPBDBProtapirus">[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43134&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database]</ref> |
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'''''Protapirus''''' is an extinct genus of [[tapir]]. |
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==References== |
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* Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell |
* Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell |
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* The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose |
* The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose |
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| Genus: | Protapirus Filhol (1877)
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Protapirus is an extinct genus of tapir. Fossil specimens of this genus have been found in North America and Europe.[1]
References
- Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
- The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose
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