Tapirulus Gervais 1850 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Tapirulidae

Parent taxon: Tapirulidae according to B. Bai et al. 2023

See also Erfurt and Metais 2007, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Scott 1883

Sister taxa: Obotherium, Tapiruloides

Subtaxa: Tapirulus depereti Tapirulus hyracinus Tapirulus majori Tapirulus perrierensis Tapirulus schlosseri

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Type: Tapirulus hyracinus

Ecology: ground dwelling folivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Belgium (2 collections), France (1), Germany (1)

• Eocene of France (18), Germany (1), Switzerland (4)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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