Protapirus simplex Wortman and Earle 1893 (tapir)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonyms: Protapirus validus Hatcher 1896, Tanyops undans Marsh 1894

Full reference: J. L. Wortman and C. Earle. 1893. Ancestors of the tapir from the lower Miocene of Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 5(11):159-180

Belongs to Protapirus according to M. W. Colbert 2005

See also Albright 1998, Colbert and Schoch 1998, Hay 1902, Schoch 1984 and Wortman and Earle 1893

Sister taxa: Protapirus aginensis, Protapirus bavaricus, Protapirus cetinensis, Protapirus douvillei, Protapirus gromovae, Protapirus obliquidens, Protapirus priscus

Type specimens:

  • Protapirus simplex: AMNH 660, a partial skull. Its type locality is Oreodon Layer (1892 AMNH Collection), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
  • Protapirus validus:
  • Tanyops undans:

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (3: South Dakota collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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