Tapiroidea
| Tapiroidea Temporal range: Early Eocene to Recent
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Brazilian tapir
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ceratomorpha
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| Superfamily: | Tapiroidea Gill, 1872 |
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Tapiroidea is a superfamily of
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.[1][2]
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
- Family †Deperetellidae
- Placement uncertain
- Genus †Indolophus
- Genus †Thuliadanta
References
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