Tapirus_polkensis

<i>Tapirus polkensis</i>

Tapirus polkensis

Extinct species of mammal

Tapirus polkensis, the pygmy tapir, is a small prehistoric tapir that lived in North America during the late Miocene and early Pliocene.[1] T. polkensis had an estimated mass of around 125 kg (276 lb),[1] making it smaller than any extant tapir.

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The Gray Fossil Site in northeast Tennessee is home to the world's largest known fossil assemblage of T. polkensis.

Life reconstruction

References

  1. [1]
    Richard C. Hulbert Jr.; Steven C. Wallace; Walter E. Klippel & Paul W. Parmalee (2009). "Cranial morphology and systematics of an extraordinary sample of the Late Neogene dwarf tapir, Tapirus polkensis (Olsen)". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (2): 238–262. doi:10.1666/08-062.1.


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