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Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis
Taxonomy
Tapirus veroensis was named by Sellards (1918). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vero, which is in a Pleistocene channel sandstone/sandstone in Florida.
It was recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis by Hulbert (2010).
It was recombined as Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis by Hulbert (2010).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1918 | Tapirus veroensis Sellards |
1920 | Tapirus tennesseae Hay p. 88 figs. Plate 3, figs. 4-11 |
1929 | Tapirus veroensis sellardsi Simpson |
1940 | Tapirus tennesseae Olson p. 53 |
1940 | Tapirus veroensis Olson p. 53 |
1940 | Tapirus veroensis sellardsi Olson p. 53 |
1945 | Tapirus excelsus Simpson |
1966 | Tapirus veroensis Slaughter p. 88 |
1980 | Tapirus veroensis Kurten and Anderson p. 293 |
2002 | Tapirus veroensis Czaplewski et al. p. 103 |
2007 | Tapirus veroensis Ferrero and Noriega p. 508 |
2010 | Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Hulbert p. 78 |
2018 | Tapirus veroensis Eshelman et al. p. 9 |
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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.
†Tapirus (Helicotapirus) veroensis Sellards 1918
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Invalid names: Tapirus excelsus Simpson 1945 [synonym], Tapirus tennesseae Hay 1920 [synonym]
†Tapirus veroensis sellardsi Simpson 1929
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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O. P. Hay 1920 (Tapirus tennesseae) | Size probably smaller than in T. terrestris. Parastyle feeble, no tubercles at ends of valleys of lower teeth |