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Tapirus (Helicotapirus)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Tapirus (Helicotapirus) Hulbert p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusTapirus
subgenusHelicotapirus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Tapirus (Helicotapirus) Hulbert 2010
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Invalid names: Tapirus copei Simpson 1945 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Tapirus excelsus Simpson 1945 [synonym], Tapirus tennesseae Hay 1920 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tapirus veroensis sellardsi Simpson 1929 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:30:41
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:18:34
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden and Cerling 1996

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Tapirus copei (20038)
Blancan (interglacial)4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Tapirus lundeliusi (98315)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Tapirus lundeliusi (19761 98314 98316 98317 98318 98319 98320)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Colorado) Tapirus copei (19744)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.9 - 0.3USA (New Mexico) Tapirus haysii (20397)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Tapirus lundeliusi (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Tapirus lundeliusi (19750 98313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Tapirus haysii (113256)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tapirus haysii (77596 96899) Tapirus veroensis (150561)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Tapirus haysii (74237 74246) Tapirus tennesseae (74240) Tapirus veroensis (93253 106723 106724 106726)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Tapirus veroensis (105120 106727 106728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Tapirus haysii (77590)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tapirus veroensis (227368)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Tapirus veroensis (106729)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Tapirus haysii (93484)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Virginia) Tapirus haysii (104698)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (South Carolina) Tapirus veroensis (79919)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Tapirus copei (20145) Tapirus haysii (20287 20299 20350 20351 20385 20400 20401 20402 20403 20415 20475 20476 20544 58089) Tapirus veroensis (20289 20478 20520)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Tapirus copei (20342)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Tapirus veroensis (20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Oklahoma) Tapirus copei (20382)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Tapirus haysii (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Tapirus haysii (20479)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Tapirus copei (20319)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Tapirus haysii (80233) Tapirus veroensis (79778)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Tapirus veroensis (20398 20440 20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Maryland) Tapirus veroensis (195939)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Tapirus copei, Tapirus excelsus (225289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) Tapirus veroensis (93183)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Tapirus copei (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Tapirus haysii (113257)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Tapirus excelsus (230753) Tapirus sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tapirus veroensis (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tapirus sp. (20636) Tapirus veroensis (20572 20573 20580 20650)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Tapirus veroensis (104797)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Tapirus veroensis (79581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Tapirus veroensis (104697)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tapirus haysii (34269) Tapirus veroensis (20638 74292 154804 154910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Tapirus veroensis (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Tapirus veroensis (154771 154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Tapirus veroensis (152904)