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Tapirulus

Osteichthyes - Tapirulidae

Taxonomy
Tapirulus was named by Gervais (1850). It is not extant. Its type is Tapirulus hyracinus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lophiodon by Scott (1883).

It was assigned to Dacrytheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Choeropotamidae by Erfurt and Metais (2007); and to Tapirulidae by Bai et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Tapirulus Gervais
1997Tapirulus McKenna and Bell p. 406
2007Tapirulus Erfurt and Metais p. 63
2023Tapirulus Bai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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

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.

G. †Tapirulus Gervais 1850
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†Tapirulus depereti Stehlin 1910
†Tapirulus hyracinus Gervais 1850
†Tapirulus majori Stehlin 1910
†Tapirulus perrierensis Sudre 1978
†Tapirulus schlosseri Stehlin 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 1 kgs
Minimum body mass: 1 kgs
Body mass estimate: 1 kg
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: folivoreg
Diet 2: frugivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: Diet inferred from tooth morphologyg
Created: 2005-09-01 06:36:42
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:36:42
Source: s = species, g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Blondel 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) T. majori (31735 31762)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Alsace Region) T. majori (31609)
MP 1448.07 - 41.03France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) T. depereti (184174)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) T. sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) T. schlosseri (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) T. schlosseri (12840)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) T. depereti (31720) T. majori (31718)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Rhone-Alpes Region) T. depereti (31741)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland T. schlosseri (31742)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) T. perrierensis (12850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) T. perrierensis (12853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) T. hyracinus (31747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) T. hyracinus (12842 12852 12854 31765) T. perrierensis (12841 12849 31745) T. schlosseri (31740)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) T. hyracinus (31744)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany T. hyracinus (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Belgium T. hyracinus (31748 183666)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) T. sp. (31583)