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Eotapirus broennimanni

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus broennimanni was named by Schaub and Hurzeler (1948). It is the type species of Eotapirus.

It was recombined as Eotapirus broennimanni by Cerdeno and Ginsburg (1988) and Scherler et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Tapirus broennimanni Schaub and Hurzeler
1988Eotapirus broennimanni Cerdeno and Ginsburg
2011Eotapirus broennimanni Scherler et al.

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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()
genusEotapirus
speciesbroennimanni(Schaub and Hurzeler 1948)

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.

†Eotapirus broennimanni Schaub and Hurzeler 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available