Eotapirus Cerdeno and Ginsburg 1988 (tapir)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Full reference: E. Cerdeno and L. Ginsburg. 1988. Les Tapiridae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) de l'Oligocene et du Miocene Inferieur Europeens. Annales de Paleontologie 74(2):71-96

Parent taxon: Tapiridae according to D. R. Prothero and R. M. Schoch 1989

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eotapirus broennimanni Eotapirus ruber

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Type: Tapirus broennimanni

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Switzerland (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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