Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Synonym: Tanyops Marsh 1894
Parent taxon: Tapiridae according to L. Scherler et al. 2011
See also Albright 1998, Alroy 2002, Carroll 1988, Colbert 2005, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hay 1902, Holbrook 1999, Prothero and Schoch 1989 and Scott 1913
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Protapirus aginensis Protapirus bavaricus Protapirus cetinensis Protapirus douvillei Protapirus gromovae Protapirus obliquidens Protapirus priscus Protapirus simplex
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Spain (1), Switzerland (1)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Kazakhstan (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (4), Switzerland (3), United States (4: South Dakota)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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