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Tapirus mesopotamicus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus mesopotamicus was named by Ferrero and Noriega (2007). Its type specimen is CICYTTP-PV-M-1-23, a skull (skull and proximal fragment of the right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Bank of Ensenada Stream, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Arroyo Feliciano Formation of Argentina.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Tapirus mesopotamicus Ferrero and Noriega p. 505
2013Tapirus mesopotamicus Holanda and Ferrero

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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
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusTapirus
speciesmesopotamicus

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.

†Tapirus mesopotamicus Ferrero and Noriega 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available