Tapiroidea

Tapiroidea; Temporal range: Early Eocene to Recent
	Brazilian tapir
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Placentalia
Order:	Perissodactyla
Clade:	Tapiromorpha
Suborder:	Ceratomorpha
Superfamily:	Tapiroidea; Gill, 1872
Families
	See text

Tapiroidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls which includes the modern tapirs and their extinct relatives. Taxonomically, they are placed in suborder Ceratomorpha along with the rhino superfamily, Rhinocerotoidea. The first members of Tapiroidea appeared during the Early Eocene, 55 million years ago, and were present in North America and Asia during the Eocene. Tapiridae first appeared during the early Oligocene in Europe, and are thought to have originated from the tapiroid family Helaletidae.¹²

Taxonomy

Superfamily Tapiroidea
- Family †Deperetellidae
  - Genus †Bahinolophus
  - Genus †Deperetella
  - Genus †Irenolophus
  - Genus †Teleolophus
- Family Tapiridae
  - Genus †Eotapirus
  - Genus †Miotapirus
  - Genus †Nexuotapirus
  - Genus †Paratapirus
  - Genus †Plesiotapirus
  - Genus †Protapirus (syn. Tanyops)
  - Genus †Tapiravus
  - Genus Tapirus
- The Pleistocene giant tapir (Tapirus augustus) compared to the Oligocene Protapirus simplex. source ↗
  Family †Helaletidae
  - Genus †Colodon
  - Genus †Dilophodon
  - Genus †Helaletes
  - Genus †Heptodon
  - Genus †Heteraletes
  - Genus †Paracolodon
  - Genus †Plesiocolopirus
Placement uncertain
- Genus †Indolophus
- Genus †Thuliadanta

References

Bai, Bin; Meng, Jin; Mao, Fang-Yuan; Zhang, Zhao-Qun; Wang, Yuan-Qing (2019-11-08). Smith, Thierry (ed.). "A new early Eocene deperetellid tapiroid illuminates the origin of Deperetellidae and the pattern of premolar molarization in Perissodactyla". PLOS ONE. 14 (11) e0225045. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1425045B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225045. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6839866. PMID 31703104.
Scherler, Laureline; Becker, Damien; Berger, Jean-Pierre (2011-03-17). "Tapiridae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) of the Swiss Molasse Basin during the Oligocene–Miocene transition". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (2): 479–496. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..479S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.550360. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 73527662.

[1] Bai, Bin; Meng, Jin; Mao, Fang-Yuan; Zhang, Zhao-Qun; Wang, Yuan-Qing (2019-11-08). Smith, Thierry (ed.). "A new early Eocene deperetellid tapiroid illuminates the origin of Deperetellidae and the pattern of premolar molarization in Perissodactyla". PLOS ONE. 14 (11) e0225045. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1425045B. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225045. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6839866. PMID 31703104.

[2] Scherler, Laureline; Becker, Damien; Berger, Jean-Pierre (2011-03-17). "Tapiridae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) of the Swiss Molasse Basin during the Oligocene–Miocene transition". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (2): 479–496. Bibcode:2011JVPal..31..479S. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.550360. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 73527662.

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