Tapirus greslebini is an extinct species of tapir that lived in South America during the Pleistocene.
Tapirus greslebini Temporal range: Pleistocene
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. greslebini
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Binomial name | |
†Tapirus greslebini Rusconi, 1934
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It was originally described by Carlos Rusconi in 1934, from remains collected in the Puelchense sands of Villa Ballester in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[1]
T. greslebini is one of seven Pleistocene South American tapirs to be considered valid.[2]
References
edit- ^ Rusconi, C. (1934). "Sexta noticia sobre los vertebrados fósiles del puelchense de Villa Ballester". Anal Soc Cient Arg: 177–186.
- ^ Holanda, E.C.; Ferrero, B.S. (2012). "Reappraisal of the Genus Tapirus (Perissodactyla, Tapiridae): Systematics and Phylogenetic Affinities of the South American Tapirs". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 20: 33–44. doi:10.1007/s10914-012-9196-z. hdl:11336/18792.