Palaeotapirus

<i>Palaeotapirus</i>

Palaeotapirus

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Palaeotapirus is an invalid genus of tapir.

Fossil of "Palaeotapirus", probably belonging to Paratapirus

Many primitive tapirs were originally classified under Palaeotapirus including members of Paratapirus and Plesiotapirus,[1] but the original diagnostic material of the genus was too poor to characterize, leading to included species being moved to new genera.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Fortelius, Mikael (2013). Fossil Mammals of Asia: Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology. Columbia University Press. pp. 317–318. ISBN 9780231150125.
  2. [2]
    Cerdeño, E.; Ginsburg, L. (1988). "European Oligocene and early Miocene Tapiridae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia)". Annales de Paléontologie. 74 (2): 71–96.


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