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)
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

  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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