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Tapirus arvernensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus arvernensis was named by Croizet and Jobert (1828).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Tapirus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert
1922Tapirus arvernensis Osborn p. 437

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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
speciesarvernensisCroizet and Jobert 1828

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 arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
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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: MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the MN 17 or 7.24600 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Tapirus arvernensis (199860)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Tapirus arvernensis (40394)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Italy (Tuscany) Tapirus arvernensis (49333)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Tapirus arvernensis (39681 39842 40113 40114 40130)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Italy (Lazio) Tapirus arvernensis (49408)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Komaromesztergom) Tapirus arvernensis (35372)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Italy (Tuscany) Tapirus arvernensis (49353)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Moldova Tapirus arvernensis (50922)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Greece (Grevena) Tapirus arvernensis (185859 195290)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain Tapirus arvernensis (193557)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France Tapirus arvernensis (47099 47100)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Tuscany) Tapirus arvernensis (49362 49363 49406)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Umbria) Tapirus arvernensis (49407)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Tapirus arvernensis (41025 41026 41027 41030)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne) Tapirus arvernensis (47188)