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Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi was named by Hulbert (2010). Its type specimen is UF 160715, a partial skeleton (partial young adult skeleton with cranium, mandible, vertebrae, ribs, sternebrae, and fore- and hindlimb elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haile 7C, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Florida.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. balkanikus, T. olivaresi, T. peii, T. telleri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Tapirus (Helicotapirus) lundeliusi Hulbert p. 80 figs. Figures 3-18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
specieslundeliusi

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Gelasian or 2.58000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan (interglacial)4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Tapirus lundeliusi (98315)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) Tapirus lundeliusi (19761 98314 98316 98317 98318 98319 98320)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) Tapirus lundeliusi (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Tapirus lundeliusi (type locality: 19750 98313)