Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Full reference: R. C. Hulbert. 2005. Late Miocene Tapirus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from Florida, with description of a new species, Tapirus webbi. Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4):465-494
Belongs to Tapirus according to R. C. Hulbert 2010
See also Ferrero and Noriega 2007
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus californicus, Tapirus cristatellus, Tapirus greslebini, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus johnsoni, Tapirus kabomani, Tapirus merriami, Tapirus mesopotamicus, Tapirus oliverasi, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus polkensis, Tapirus priscus, Tapirus rioplatensis, Tapirus rondoniensis, Tapirus sanyuanensis, Tapirus simpsoni, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus tarijensis, Tapirus terrestris
Type specimen: UF 11005, a partial skull (partial skull that includes portions of right and left maxillae and nasals; right I1, I3, and P2-P3; and left C and P1-M2). Its type locality is McGehee Farm, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Alachua Formation of Florida.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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