America and Eurasia. The type species is Protapirus priscus from the Late Oligocene of Quercy, France. Protapirus is often considered the earliest true tapir...
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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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†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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closely related and likely ancestral to the true tapirs, which contain Protapirus and all descendants. In alternative classifications, Helaletidae is treated...
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Miotapirus. The second species, N. robustus, was originally placed in Protapirus but was also moved to Nexuotapirus based on comparable lower dentition...
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Genus Species Clade Epoch Image Notes †Protapirus Tapiridae...
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†Procamelus †Procastoroides †Promartes †Promerycochoerus †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...
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