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Protapirus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Protapirus Filhol
1894Tanyops Marsh
1902Protapirus Hay p. 627
1902Tanyops Hay p. 628
1913Protapirus Scott p. 291
1988Protapirus Carroll
1989Protapirus Prothero and Schoch p. 534
1998Protapirus Albright p. 214
1998Protapirus Colbert and Schoch p. 576
1999Protapirus Holbrook p. 346
2005Protapirus Colbert p. 6
2011Protapirus 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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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

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.

G. †Protapirus Filhol 1877
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Protapirus aginensis Richard 1938
Protapirus bavaricus Oettingen-Spielberg 1952
Protapirus cetinensis Cerdeno and Ginsburg 1988
Protapirus douvillei Filhol 1885
Protapirus gromovae Biryukov 1972
Protapirus obliquidens Wortman and Earle 1893
Protapirus priscus Filhol 1874
Protapirus simplex Wortman and Earle 1893
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Invalid names: Protapirus validus Hatcher 1896 [synonym], Tanyops undans Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tanyops Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available