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Nexuotapirus marslandensis
Discussion
"Note on the Authorship of the Species AMNH 82804 was examined by Nienke Prins and myself during our studies of fossil mammals (see Prins and Schoch 1983). We jointly assume responsibility for the authorship of the new species."
Taxonomy
Miotapirus marslandensis was named by Schoch (1984). Its type specimen is AMNH 82804, a set of teeth (left upper M1-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Marsland Quarry, which is in a Hemingfordian fluvial horizon in the Runningwater Formation of Nebraska.
It was recombined as Nexuotapirus marslandensis by Albright (1998).
It was recombined as Nexuotapirus marslandensis by Albright (1998).