Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Full reference: B. S. Ferrero and J. I. Noriega. 2007. A new upper Pleistocene tapir from Argentina: remarks on the phylogenetics and diversification of neotropical Tapiridae. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(2):504-511
Belongs to Tapirus according to E. C. Holanda and B. S. Ferrero 2013
See also Ferrero and Noriega 2007
Sister taxa: Tapirus (Helicotapirus), Tapirus (Megatapirus), Tapirus (Tapiralum), Tapirus antiquus, Tapirus arvernensis, Tapirus bairdii, Tapirus balkanicus, Tapirus californicus, Tapirus cristatellus, Tapirus greslebini, Tapirus indicus, Tapirus johnsoni, Tapirus kabomani, Tapirus merriami, Tapirus oliverasi, Tapirus pinchaque, Tapirus polkensis, Tapirus priscus, Tapirus rioplatensis, Tapirus rondoniensis, Tapirus sanyuanensis, Tapirus simpsoni, Tapirus sinensis, Tapirus tarijensis, Tapirus terrestris, Tapirus webbi
Type specimen: CICYTTP-PV-M-1-23, a skull (skull and proximal fragment of the right mandible). Its type locality is North Bank of Ensenada Stream, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Arroyo Feliciano Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: amphibious browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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