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Tapirulus majori

Mammalia - Tapirulidae

Taxonomy
Tapirulus majori was named by Stehlin (1910).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Tapirulus majori Stehlin
2007Tapirulus majori Erfurt and Metais p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyTapirulidaeCope 1879
genusTapirulusGervais 1850
speciesmajoriStehlin 1910

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Tapirulus majori Stehlin 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: folivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:36:42
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:36:42
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Blondel 1996, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Tapirulus majori (31735 31762)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Alsace Region) Tapirulus majori (31609)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Tapirulus majori (31718)