• Source: Tapiroidea

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.




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
Family †Helaletidae
Genus †Colodon
Genus †Dilophodon
Genus †Helaletes
Genus †Heptodon
Genus †Heteraletes
Genus †Paracolodon
Genus †Plesiocolopirus
Placement uncertain
Genus †Indolophus
Genus †Thuliadanta




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Tapiroidea
• Perissodactyla
• Altungulata
• Tapir
• Rhinoceros
• Thuliadanta
• Parahippus
• Mesohippus
• Elasmotherium
• Eohippus