Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Full reference: C. Rusconi. 1934. Tercera noticia sobre los vertebrados fosiles de las Arenas Puelchenses de Villa Ballester. Anales de la Socieded Cientifica Argentina 117:19-37
Belongs to Tapirus according to E. C. Holanda and B. S. Ferrero 2013
See also Rusconi 1934 and Rusconi 1949
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus californicus, Tapirus cristatellus, 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, Tapirus webbi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Villa Ballester, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in Argentina
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tapirus greslebini in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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