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Tapirus balkanicus Spassov & Ginsburg 1999

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Description

Tapirus balkanicus Spassov & Ginsburg, 1999

(5) Hrabarsko (Sofia Region). Late Miocene (Pontian – Upper Turolian). Maxilla dex. with P1-M3, P1-P2 incomplete, and P3-P4 sin. Whereabouts: Paleontological Museum of Sofia “St. Kliment Okhridski” in Sofia (Spassov & Ginsburg 1999).

(6) Balsha (Sofia Region). Late Miocene (Middle Pontian). Fragment of a hemimandibula dex. (Spassov & Ginsburg 1999). Whereabouts: Vertebrates Department, NMNHS - BAS.

Notes

Published as part of Boev, Zlatozar, 2017, Fossil record of Tapirs (Tapirus Brünnich, 1772) (Tapiridae Gray, 1821 - Peryssodactyla Owen, 1848) in Bulgaria, pp. 1-3 in ZooNotes 2017 (108) on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12807279

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Spassov & Ginsburg
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Perissodactyla
Family
Tapiridae
Genus
Tapirus
Species
balkanicus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tapirus balkanicus Spassov, 1999 sec. Boev, 2017

References

  • Spassov, N. & Ginsburg, L. (1999) Tapirus balkanicus nov. sp., nouveau tapir (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) du Turolien de Bulgarie. Annales de Paleontologie. Elsevier SAS. 85 (4): 265 - 276.