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Tapirus merriami

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Tapirus merriami Frick
1966Tapirus merriami Slaughter p. 88
1980Tapirus merriami Kurten and Anderson p. 292
1984Tapirus merriami Agenbroad and Downs p. 94
1989Tapirus merriami Jefferson
1998Tapirus merriami Colbert and Schoch

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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
speciesmerriami

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