Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Full reference: J. L. Wortman and C. Earle. 1893. Ancestors of the tapir from the lower Miocene of Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 5(11):159-180

Belongs to Protapirus according to L. B. Albright 1998

See also Hay 1902 and Wortman and Earle 1893

Sister taxa: Protapirus aginensis, Protapirus bavaricus, Protapirus cetinensis, Protapirus douvillei, Protapirus gromovae, Protapirus priscus, Protapirus simplex

Type specimen: AMNH 659, a partial skull. Its type locality is Indian Stronghold (Protoceras Channel), which is in a Whitneyan fluvial sandstone in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution: found only at Indian Stronghold (Protoceras Channel)

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