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
Parent taxon: Tapirus according to C. Rusconi 1934
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus californicus, Tapirus cristatellus, Tapirus greslebini, 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
Subtaxa: Tapirus (Tapiralum) greslebini
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution: found only at Villa Ballester (Pliocene of Argentina)