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Paratapirus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Paratapirus was named by Depéret and Douxami (1902).

It was assigned to Tapiridae by Sach and Heizmann (2001), Colbert (2005) and Scherler et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Paratapirus Depéret and Douxami
2001Paratapirus Sach and Heizmann p. 30
2005Paratapirus Colbert p. 12
2011Paratapirus Scherler et al.

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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()
genusParatapirusDepéret and Douxami 1902

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. †Paratapirus Depéret and Douxami 1902
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Paratapirus helvetius Meyer 1867
Paratapirus intermedius Filhol 1885
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available