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Plesiocolopirus
Taxonomy
Plesiocolopirus was named by Schoch (1989) [name used by Albright 1998a but synonymy not challenged]. It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Protapirus by Hanson (1996) and Colbert and Schoch (1998).
It was assigned to Tapiroidea by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Helaletidae by Holbrook (1999); and to Tapiridae by Schoch (1989) and Colbert (2005).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protapirus by Hanson (1996) and Colbert and Schoch (1998).
It was assigned to Tapiroidea by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Helaletidae by Holbrook (1999); and to Tapiridae by Schoch (1989) and Colbert (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1989 | Plesiocolopirus Prothero and Schoch p. 532 |
1989 | Plesiocolopirus Schoch |
1999 | Plesiocolopirus Holbrook p. 346 |
2005 | Plesiocolopirus Colbert p. 12 |
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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. †Plesiocolopirus Schoch 1989
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†Plesiocolopirus grangeri Tokunaga 1933
†Plesiocolopirus hancocki Radinsky 1963
†Plesiocolopirus kushiroensis Tomida 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 46.20000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (9 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Eocene | USA (Oregon) | Protapirus hancocki (16842) | |
Middle Eocene | Japan | Desmatotherium grangeri (183025) P. kushiroensis (183026) | |
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Desmatotherium grangeri (183065) | |
Uintan | USA (Texas) | Colodon hancocki (16534 16605) | |
Priabonian | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Desmatotherium grangeri (185320) | |
Late/Upper Eocene | North Korea (Hwanghae-do) | Desmatotherium grangeri, P. grangeri (48621) | |
Late/Upper Eocene - Oligocene | North Korea (Kokai-do) | Desmatotherium grangeri (13997) |