Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Full reference: C. B. Schultz, L. D. Martin, and R. G. Corner. 1975. Middle and late Cenozoic tapirs from Nebraska. Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 10(1):1-21
Belongs to Tapirus according to R. C. Hulbert 2010
See also Ferrero and Noriega 2007 and Schultz et al. 1975
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus californicus, Tapirus cristatellus, Tapirus greslebini, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus kabomani, Tapirus merriami, Tapirus mesopotamicus, Tapirus oliverasi, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus polkensis, Tapirus priscus, Tapirus rioplatensis, Tapirus rondoniensis, Tapirus sanyuanensis, Tapirus simpsoni, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus tarijensis, Tapirus terrestris, Tapirus webbi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Steer Creek (Merritt Dam), which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: Nebraska collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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