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America and Eurasia. The type
species is
Protapirus priscus from the Late
Oligocene of Quercy, France.
Protapirus is
often considered the
earliest true tapir...
- Helaletidae. The
oldest known members of the
family Tapiridae such as
Protapirus are
known from the
Early Oligocene of Europe. The
oldest representatives...
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closely related and
likely ancestral to the true tapirs,
which contain Protapirus and all descendants. In
alternative classifications,
Helaletidae is treated...
- †Miotapirus
Genus †Nexuotapirus
Genus †Paratapirus
Genus †Plesiotapirus
Genus †
Protapirus (syn. Tanyops)
Genus †Tapiravus
Genus Tapirus Family †Helaletidae Genus...
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probably evolved from
Protapirus which had
migrated into
Eurasia from
North America near the end of the Oligocene. In
comparison to
Protapirus it had more derived...
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Genus Species Clade Epoch Image Notes †
Protapirus Tapiridae...
- Miotapirus. The
second species, N. robustus, was
originally placed in
Protapirus but was also
moved to
Nexuotapirus based on
comparable lower dentition...
- †Procamelus †Procastoroides †Promartes †Promerycoc****us †Proscalops †
Protapirus †Proterix †Protoceras †Protohippus †Protolabis
Pseudacris †Pseudaelurus...
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niobrarensis – or
unidentified comparable form †
Protapirus †
Protapirus obliquidens – type
locality for
species †
Protapirus simplex – type
locality for
species †Proterix...
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Later additions included perissodactyls such as Merychippus, Parahippus,
Protapirus, and Diceratherium,
artiodactyls such as
Dromomeryx and Blastomeryx, and...
