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[[File:Protapirus.jpg|thumb|left|Restoration of ''P. validus'']]
[[File:Protapirus.jpg|thumb|left|Restoration of ''P. validus'']]
[[Image:Protapirus_robustus.jpg|thumb|left|''Protapirus robustus'' jaw]]
[[Image:Protapirus_robustus.jpg|thumb|left|''Protapirus robustus'' jaw]]
'''''Protapirus''''' is an extinct genus of [[tapir]]. Fossil specimens of this genus have been found in [[North America]] and [[Eurasia]].<ref name="TPBDBProtapirus">[http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=43134&is_real_user=1 The Paleobiology Database]</ref>
'''''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>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 04:03, 14 August 2015

Miotapirus
Temporal range: 33.9–20.6 Ma Early Oligocene-Early Miocene
Skull
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Protapirus

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