Palaeotapirus

Palaeotapirus
Temporal range: Late Miocene
Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Genus: Palaeotapirus
Filhol, 1888

Palaeotapirus is an extinct genus of tapir from the Late Miocene of Eurasia.[1]

References

  1. Qiu, Z.; Qiu, Z. (1995). "Chronological sequence and subdivision of Chinese Neogene mammalian faunas". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 116: 41. doi:10.1016/0031-0182(94)00095-P.


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