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Tapirus californicus
Taxonomy
Tapirus haysii californicus was named by Merriam (1912).
It was recombined as Tapirus californicus by Simpson (1945), Slaughter (1966) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
It was recombined as Tapirus californicus by Simpson (1945), Slaughter (1966) and Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Tapirus haysii californicus Merriam |
| 1940 | Tapirus haysii californicus Olson p. 53 |
| 1945 | Tapirus californicus Simpson |
| 1966 | Tapirus californicus Slaughter p. 88 |
| 1980 | Tapirus californicus Kurten and Anderson p. 292 |
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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.
†Tapirus californicus Merriam 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 1.80000 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irvingtonian | USA (California) | Tapirus californicus (20454) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Oregon) | Tapirus californicus (20276) | |
| Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean | USA (California) | Tapirus sp. (20521) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (California) | Tapirus californicus (20579 20585) |