Tapirus oliverasi
Tapirus oliverasi Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. oliverasi
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Binomial name | |
†Tapirus oliverasi Ubilla, 1983
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Tapirus oliverasi is a likely invalid extinct species of tapir from South America.
T. oliverasi was described based on dentary remains from the Early Pleistocene deposits at the Libertad Formation in Uruguay that were of larger size than that of T. terrestris but smaller than T. rioplatensis. However, the validity of species has been questioned and it is considered dubious.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Holanda, E.C.; Ferigolo, J.; Ribeiro, A.M. (2011). "New Tapirus species (Mammalia: Perissodactyla: Tapiridae) from the upper Pleistocene of Amazonia, Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 92 (1): 111–120. doi:10.1644/10-MAMM-A-144.1.
- ^ Holanda, E.C.; Rincón, A.D. (2012). "Tapirs from the Pleistocene of Venezuela". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 57 (3): 463–473. doi:10.4202/app.2011.0001.
Categories:
- Prehistoric tapirs
- Pleistocene mammals of South America
- Prehistoric odd-toed ungulate stubs