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Protapirus simplex

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Protapirus simplex was named by Wortman and Earle (1893). Its type specimen is AMNH 660, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oreodon Layer (1892 AMNH Collection), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Protapirus simplex Wortman and Earle p. 168
1894Tanyops undans Marsh
1896Protapirus validus Hatcher
1902Protapirus simplex Hay p. 628
1902Protapirus validus Hay p. 628
1902Tanyops undans Hay p. 628
1998Protapirus simplex Albright p. 203
2005Protapirus simplex Colbert p. 6

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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()
genusProtapirusFilhol 1877
speciessimplex

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.

†Protapirus simplex Wortman and Earle 1893
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Invalid names: Protapirus validus Hatcher 1896 [synonym], Tanyops undans Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available