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Tapirulus depereti

Mammalia - Tapirulidae

Taxonomy

Tapirulus depereti was named by Stehlin (1910).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1910	Tapirulus depereti Stehlin
2007	Tapirulus depereti Erfurt and Metais p. 63

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
family	Tapirulidae	Cope 1879
genus	Tapirulus	Gervais 1850
species	depereti	Stehlin 1910

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.

†Tapirulus depereti Stehlin 1910

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialg

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingg

Diet:

folivoreg

Diet 2:

frugivoreg

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-09-01 06:36:42

Modified:

2005-09-01 08:36:42

Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Blondel 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MP 14 to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
MP 14	48.07 - 41.03	France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)	Tapirulus depereti (184174)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Switzerland (Baselland)	Tapirulus depereti (31720)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Rhone-Alpes Region)	Tapirulus depereti (31741)