Protapirus

Protapirus
Temporal range: 33.9–20.6 Ma Early Oligocene-Early Miocene
Protapirus simplex skull from South Dakota. At the AMNH.
1913 illustration of P. simplex, depicted without a trunk.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: †Protapirus
Filhol, 1877
Type species
†Protapirus priscus
Filhol, 1874
Species
  • P. aginensis
  • P. bavaricus
  • P. cetinensis
  • P. douvillei
  • P. gromovae
  • P. obliquidens (syn. Tanyops undans)
  • P. priscus
  • P. simplex (syn. P. validus)

Protapirus (Latin: "before" (pro), + Brazilian Indian: "tapir" (tapira)[1]) is an extinct genus of tapir known from the Oligocene and Miocene of North America and Eurasia.[2]

  1. ^ "Glossary. American Museum of Natural History". Archived from the original on 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ The Paleobiology Database