Protapirus: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary
Line 27: Line 27:


[[Category:Prehistoric odd-toed ungulates]]
[[Category:Prehistoric odd-toed ungulates]]
[[Category:Prehistoric tapirs]]
[[Category:Oligocene mammals]]
[[Category:Oligocene mammals]]
[[Category:White River Fauna]]
[[Category:White River Fauna]]

Revision as of 18:51, 25 September 2010

Miotapirus
Temporal range: 33.9–20.6 Ma Early Miocene
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Protapirus

Filhol (1877)
Species
  • Protapirus obliquidens (syn. Tanyops undans),
  • Protapirus simplex (syn. P. validus)
Protapirus robustus jaw

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