Protapirus

Protapirus is an extinct genus of tapir. Fossil specimens of this genus have been found in North America and Europe.[1]

Protapirus
Temporal range: 33.9โ€“20.6 Ma Early Oligocene-Early Miocene
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Perissodactyla
Superfamily:
Tapiroidea
Family:
Tapiridae
Genus:
Protapirus

Filhol (1877)
Species
  • Protapirus obliquidens (syn. Tanyops undans),
  • Protapirus simplex (syn. P. validus)
Restoration of P. validus
Protapirus robustus jaw

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
  • Classification of Mammals by Malcolm C. McKenna and Susan K. Bell
  • The Beginning of the Age of Mammals by Kenneth D. Rose


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