Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Full reference: C. Frick. 1921. Extinct vertebrate faunas of the badlands of Bautista Creek and San Timoteo Canyon, southern California. University of California Publications in Geology 12(5):277-424
Belongs to Tapirus according to L. D. Agenbroad and W. R. Downs 1984
See also Colbert and Schoch 1998, Frick 1921, Jefferson 1989, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Ray and Sanders 1984 and Slaughter 1966
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus californicus, Tapirus cristatellus, Tapirus greslebini, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus johnsoni, Tapirus kabomani, 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 Bautista Creek, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the San Timoteo Formation of California
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (5: Arizona, California collections)
• Blancan of United States (2: California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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