It was first described in 1921 based on fragmentary dental remains found in Japan. Fossils of P. yagii were originally classified under the defunct genus Palaeotapirus. Better material, including a complete skull, were found in China and in 1991 the genus Plesiotapirus was erected.[2]
plesiotapirus, extinct, genus, tapir, from, miocene, asia, single, species, usually, considered, valid, yagii, temporal, range, early, miocene, yagii, skull, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, chordata, class, mammalia, o. Plesiotapirus is an extinct genus of tapir from the Miocene of Asia A single species is usually considered valid Plesiotapirus yagii PlesiotapirusTemporal range Early Miocene Plesiotapirus yagii skull Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Perissodactyla Family Tapiridae Genus PlesiotapirusQiu Yan amp Sun 1991 1 Species P yagii Binomial name Plesiotapirus yagiiMatsumoto 1921 It was first described in 1921 based on fragmentary dental remains found in Japan Fossils of P yagii were originally classified under the defunct genus Palaeotapirus Better material including a complete skull were found in China and in 1991 the genus Plesiotapirus was erected 2 References edit Plesiotapirus Biolib Fortelius Mikael 2013 Fossil Mammals of Asia Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology Columbia University Press pp 317 318 ISBN 9780231150125 nbsp This prehistoric odd toed ungulate related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Plesiotapirus amp oldid 1191078601, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
