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Tapirus johnsoni
Taxonomy
Tapirus johnsoni was named by Schultz et al. (1975). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Steer Creek (Merritt Dam), which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Tapirus johnsoni Schultz et al. |
| 2007 | Tapirus johnsoni Ferrero and Noriega p. 508 |
| 2010 | Tapirus johnsoni 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 johnsoni Schultz et al. 1975
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden and Cerling 1996, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Tapirus johnsoni (18257 18315 18401 type locality: 18410 18447) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | Tapirus johnsoni (18327) | |
| Clarendonian - Hemphillian | USA (Nebraska) | Tapirus johnsoni (18404) |