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Protapirus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Protapirus Filhol
1894Tanyops Marsh
1902Protapirus Hay p. 627
1902Tanyops Hay p. 628
1913Protapirus Scott p. 291
1988Protapirus Carroll
1989Protapirus Prothero and Schoch p. 534
1998Protapirus Albright p. 214
1998Protapirus Colbert and Schoch p. 576
1999Protapirus Holbrook p. 346
2005Protapirus Colbert p. 6
2011Protapirus Scherler et al.

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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

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. †Protapirus Filhol 1877
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†Protapirus aginensis Richard 1938
†Protapirus bavaricus Oettingen-Spielberg 1952
†Protapirus cetinensis Cerdeno and Ginsburg 1988
†Protapirus douvillei Filhol 1885
†Protapirus gromovae Biryukov 1972
†Protapirus obliquidens Wortman and Earle 1893
†Protapirus priscus Filhol 1874
†Protapirus simplex Wortman and Earle 1893
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Invalid names: Protapirus validus Hatcher 1896 [synonym], Tanyops undans Marsh 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Tanyops Marsh 1894 [synonym]
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: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Orellan to the top of the MN 2 or 33.90000 to 20.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) P. simplex (17153)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Germany (Bayern) P. priscus (183517 183518)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany P. bavaricus (46097)
Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene33.9 - 15.97Kazakhstan P. gromovae (180517)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) P. obliquidens (17344) P. simplex (17329) P. validus (17332)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) P. sp. (17706)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Switzerland P. bavaricus (184044)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany P. bavaricus (59886)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03Switzerland P. bavaricus (184451)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03France (Aquitaine) P. aginensis (37208)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) P. sp. (182805)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France P. priscus (160861)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Lot-et-Garonne) P. douvillei (181673)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) P. cetinensis (35750)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Switzerland P. douvillei (184455)