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 …

Tapiroidea: The first tapiroids, which appear in the fossil record around 50 MYA, show modifications in their skulls, including a retracted nasal bone, which indicate that a proboscis, …

By the early Eocene, 55 MYA, perissodactyls had split into two distinct groups. These were the Equoidea, which includes horses and palaeotheres, and the Ceratomorpha, consisting of a …

Tapiridae: Members of the tapir family have been present in the fossil record for at least 41 million years, first appearing in the middle Eocene. While many families of perissodactyls achieved …

Tapirs (/ ˈteɪpər / TAY-pər) [8][9] are large, herbivorous mammals belonging to the family Tapiridae. [3] . They are similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk …

Superfamily Tapiroidea Brachydont forms, molars with simple ectoloph and strongly developed transverse protoloph and metaloph. Forefoot generally with 4 toes, hindfoot with 3.

2 days ago · A superfamily that comprises the family Tapiridae together with a number of ceratomorphs known from the Eocene and Oligocene and arranged in several small families.

Apr 14, 2017 · Tapiroidea is an important perissodactyl group that includes earliest-Eocene forms, such as Orientolophus as well as extant taxa (such as Tapirus), that preserves numerous …

Dec 30, 2024 · Tapiroidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls which includes the modern tapir. Members of the superfamily are small to large browsing mammals, roughly pig-like in shape, …

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