Paratapirus

Paratapirus
Temporal range: Late Oligocene - Early Miocene
Paratapirus intermedius mandible
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Tapiridae
Genus: †Paratapirus
Depéret & Douxami, 1902
Type species
†Paratapirus helveticus
Meyer, 1867
Species
  • P. helveticus
  • P. intermedius

Paratapirus is an extinct genus of tapir known from the Late Oligocene and Early Miocene of Europe.

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