†Plesiocolopirus kushiroensis Tomida 1983 (tapir)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Belongs to Plesiocolopirus according to Tomida 1983
Sister taxa: Plesiocolopirus grangeri, Plesiocolopirus hancocki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kushiro-cho, Kushiro-gun, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Tenneru Formation of Japan
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution: found only at Kushiro-cho, Kushiro-gun
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