Protapirus

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Miotapirus
Temporal range: 33.9–20.6 Ma Early Miocene
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Superfamily:
Tapiroidea
Family:
Tapiridae
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

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  • 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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