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Tapirus johnsoni

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Tapirus johnsoni was named by Schultz et al. (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steer Creek (Merritt Dam), which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Tapirus johnsoni Schultz et al.
2007Tapirus johnsoni Ferrero and Noriega p. 508
2010Tapirus johnsoni 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
speciesjohnsoni

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 johnsoni Schultz et al. 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available