Tapirus simpsoni
Tapirus simpsoni is an extinct species of tapir that lived in Nebraska during the Pliocene epoch.
Tapirus simpsoni Temporal range: Pliocene | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. simpsoni |
Binomial name | |
†Tapirus simpsoni Schultz et al., 1975 | |
Tapirus simpsoni was described in 1975 together with Tapirus johnsoni, and was larger than it.[1] Late Miocene fossils from Florida were considered to have belonged to T. simpsoni until 2005, when they were reclassified as belonging to a new species, Tapirus webbi.[2]
References
- Schultz, C.B.; Martin, L.D.; Corner, R.G. (1975). "Middle and Late Ceno Middle and Late Cenozoic Tapirs fr apirs from Nebr om Nebraska". Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum. 10 (1).
- "Tapirus webbi". Florida Museum of Natural History. 31 March 2017.
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