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Protapirus simplex
Taxonomy
Protapirus simplex was named by Wortman and Earle (1893). Its type specimen is AMNH 660, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oreodon Layer (1892 AMNH Collection), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
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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.
†Protapirus simplex Wortman and Earle 1893
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Invalid names: Protapirus validus Hatcher 1896 [synonym], Tanyops undans Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||