Palaeotapirus Explained

Palaeotapirus is an invalid genus of tapir. 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]

Notes and References

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

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