Plesiocolopirus kushiroensis Tomida 1983 (tapir)

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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