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Tapirus (Megatapirus) augustus
Taxonomy
Tapirus (Megatapirus) augustus was named by Matthew and Granger (1923). Its type specimen is AMNH 18433, a skull (skull and jaws), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yen-ching-kao, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in China.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1923 | Tapirus (Megatapirus) augustus Matthew and Granger |
| 2010 | Tapirus (Megatapirus) augustus Hulbert p. 79 |
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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 (Megatapirus) augustus Matthew and Granger 1923
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden and Cerling 1996 | |||||
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (13 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | Tapiris augustus (type locality: 226365) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Laos (Hua Pan) | Megatapirus augustus (235746) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Megatapirus augustus (40341 120834) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Megatapirus augustus (235740) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Vietnam (Lang Son) | Tapirus augustus (92781) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | China (Guizhou) | Megatapirus augustus (51100) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangdong) | Megatapirus augustus (13293) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Guangxi) | Megatapirus augustus (235737) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Megatapirus augustus (92787) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Megatapirus augustus (36729 36730) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | China (Sichuan) | Megatapirus augustus (34679) |