†Miotapirus harrisonensis Schlaikjer 1937 (tapir)
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Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Full reference: E. M. Schlaikjer. 1937. A New Tapir from the Lower Miocene of Wyoming. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80(4):231-251
Belongs to Miotapirus according to L. B. Albright 1998
See also Schlaikjer 1937 and Schoch 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Parahippus Level, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Wyoming
Ecology: ground dwelling browser
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (3: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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