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Tapirus mesopotamicus
Taxonomy
Tapirus mesopotamicus was named by Ferrero and Noriega (2007). Its type specimen is CICYTTP-PV-M-1-23, a skull (skull and proximal fragment of the right mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is North Bank of Ensenada Stream, which is in a Pleistocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Arroyo Feliciano Formation of Argentina.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2007 | Tapirus mesopotamicus Ferrero and Noriega p. 505 |
2013 | Tapirus mesopotamicus Holanda and Ferrero |
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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.
†Tapirus mesopotamicus Ferrero and Noriega 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Lujanian or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Tapirus mesopotamicus (203955) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Tapirus mesopotamicus (type locality: 93265) |