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Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus veroensis was named by Sellards (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vero, which is in a Pleistocene channel sandstone/sandstone in Florida.

It was recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis by Hulbert (2010).

Subspecies
Tapirus veroensis sellardsi
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. olivaresi, T. telleri

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Tapirus veroensis Sellards
1920Tapirus tennesseae Hay p. 88 figs. Plate 3, figs. 4-11
1929Tapirus veroensis sellardsi Simpson
1940Tapirus tennesseae Olson p. 53
1940Tapirus veroensis Olson p. 53
1940Tapirus veroensis sellardsi Olson p. 53
1945Tapirus excelsus Simpson
1966Tapirus veroensis Slaughter p. 88
1980Tapirus veroensis Kurten and Anderson p. 293
2002Tapirus veroensis Czaplewski et al. p. 103
2007Tapirus veroensis Ferrero and Noriega p. 508
2010Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Hulbert p. 78
2018Tapirus veroensis Eshelman et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—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()
genusTapirus
subgenusHelicotapirus
speciesveroensis(Sellards 1918)

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.

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Invalid names: Tapirus excelsus Simpson 1945 [synonym], Tapirus tennesseae Hay 1920 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. P. Hay 1920 (Tapirus tennesseae)Size probably smaller than in T. terrestris. Parastyle feeble, no tubercles at ends of valleys of lower teeth
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:30:41
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:18:34
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 0.77400 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tapirus veroensis (106729)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Tapirus tennesseae (74240) Tapirus veroensis (93253 106723 106724 106726)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Tapirus veroensis (105120 106727 106728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tapirus veroensis (150561)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tapirus veroensis (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Tapirus veroensis (20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Tapirus haysii (20415) Tapirus veroensis (20289 20520)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Carolina) Tapirus veroensis (79919)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Tapirus veroensis (79778)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Tapirus veroensis (20398 20440 20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Tapirus excelsus (225289)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Maryland) Tapirus veroensis (195939)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Tapirus veroensis (93183)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tapirus veroensis (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tapirus veroensis (154771 154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Tapirus veroensis (152904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tapirus veroensis (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tapirus sp. (20636) Tapirus veroensis (20572 20573 20580 20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Tapirus veroensis (104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Tapirus veroensis (104797)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Tapirus veroensis (79581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tapirus haysii (type locality: 34269) Tapirus veroensis (20638 74292 154804 154910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Tapirus excelsus (230753) Tapirus sp. (85142)