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Tapirus merriami
Taxonomy
Tapirus merriami was named by Frick (1921). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bautista Creek, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the San Timoteo Formation of California.
It was synonymized subjectively with Tapirus haysii by Ray and Sanders (1984).
It was synonymized subjectively with Tapirus haysii by Ray and Sanders (1984).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1921 | Tapirus merriami Frick |
1966 | Tapirus merriami Slaughter p. 88 |
1980 | Tapirus merriami Kurten and Anderson p. 292 |
1984 | Tapirus merriami Agenbroad and Downs p. 94 |
1989 | Tapirus merriami Jefferson |
1998 | Tapirus merriami Colbert and Schoch |
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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 merriami Frick 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available