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Tapirus (Megatapirus)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus (Megatapirus) was named by Matthew and Granger (1923). It is not extant.

It was reranked as Megatapirus by Prothero and Schoch (1989).

It was assigned to Tapiridae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Tapirus by Matthew and Granger (1923) and Hulbert (2010).

Subtaxa
Tapirus (Megatapirus) augustus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Tapirus olivaresi, Tapirus telleri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Tapirus (Megatapirus) Matthew and Granger
1989Megatapirus Prothero and Schoch p. 534
2010Tapirus (Megatapirus) Hulbert p. 79

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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
subgenusMegatapirusMatthew and Granger 1923

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.

Subg. †Tapirus (Megatapirus) Matthew and Granger 1923
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†Tapirus (Megatapirus) augustus Matthew and Granger 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: browserg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-04 10:30:41
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:18:34
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129China (Sichuan) Tapiris augustus (226365)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Jiangxi) Megatapirus sp. (35923)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guizhou) Megatapirus augustus (51100)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vietnam (Lang Son) Tapirus augustus (92781)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guangdong) Megatapirus augustus (40341 120834)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117China (Guangdong) Megatapirus augustus (13293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Hunan) Megatapirus augustus (36729 36730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Sichuan) Megatapirus augustus (34679)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Megatapirus augustus (92787)