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Nexuotapirus robustus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Protapirus robustus was named by Sinclair (1901). Its type specimen is UCMP M 934, a partial skeleton (comprises several superior incisors; the lower jaw lacking th posterior portion, with representatives of all the inferior denti- tion excepting the canines and ), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nexuotapirus robustus by Albright (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Protapirus robustus Sinclair p. 703 fig. 1
1998Nexuotapirus robustus Albright p. 212

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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()
genusNexuotapirus
speciesrobustus()

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.

†Nexuotapirus robustus Sinclair 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:13:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the late Late Arikareean to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 29.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Nexuotapirus robustus (18014)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Oregon) Protapirus robustus (17925)