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Protapirus gromovae

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Protapirus gromovae was named by Biryukov (1972). Its type specimen is IZ AN KazSSR 1055-21/48-T, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ashut river ravine, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene terrestrial horizon in Kazakhstan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Protapirus gromovae Biryukov

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusProtapirusFilhol 1877
speciesgromovaeBiryukov 1972

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.

†Protapirus gromovae Biryukov 1972
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:13:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Kazakhstan Protapirus gromovae (type locality: 180517)