| Tapirus greslebini Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Tapiridae |
| Genus: | Tapirus |
| Species: | †T. greslebini |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tapirus greslebini Rusconi, 1934 | |
Tapirus greslebini is an extinct species of tapir that lived in South America during the Pleistocene.
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
- ↑ 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.
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