Tapirus tarijensis Temporal range: Pleistocene (Ensenadan) ~2.6β0.8 Ma Preκ κ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Perissodactyla |
Family: | Tapiridae |
Genus: | Tapirus |
Species: | †T. tarijensis |
Binomial name | |
†Tapirus tarijensis Ameghino, 1902 |
Tapirus tarijensis is an extinct species of tapir that lived during the Pleistocene epoch. Fossils of the species have been found in the Tarija Formation of Bolivia.
References
- Tarija at Fossilworks.org
Taxon identifiers | |
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Tapirus tarijensis |
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