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Tapirella

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirella was named by Palmer (1903) [replacement for Elasmognathus Gill 1865]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tapirus by Prothero and Schoch (1989).

It was assigned to Tapiridae by Olson (1940).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Elasmognathus Gill
1881Elasmognathus Cope p. 395
1903Tapirella Palmer
1940Tapirella Olson p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusTapirellaPalmer 1903

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tapirella Palmer 1903
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Invalid names: Elasmognathus Gill 1865 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available