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Plesiocolopirus
Taxonomy
Plesiocolopirus was named by Schoch (1989) [name used by Albright 1998a but synonymy not challenged]. It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Protapirus by Hanson (1996) and Colbert and Schoch (1998).
It was assigned to Tapiroidea by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Helaletidae by Holbrook (1999); and to Tapiridae by Schoch (1989) and Colbert (2005).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protapirus by Hanson (1996) and Colbert and Schoch (1998).
It was assigned to Tapiroidea by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Helaletidae by Holbrook (1999); and to Tapiridae by Schoch (1989) and Colbert (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1989 | Plesiocolopirus Prothero and Schoch p. 532 |
| 1989 | Plesiocolopirus Schoch |
| 1999 | Plesiocolopirus Holbrook p. 346 |
| 2005 | Plesiocolopirus Colbert p. 12 |
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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. †Plesiocolopirus Schoch 1989
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†Plesiocolopirus grangeri Tokunaga 1933
†Plesiocolopirus hancocki Radinsky 1963
†Plesiocolopirus kushiroensis Tomida 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available