IRMNG - Helicotapirus Hulbert, 2010 †

IRMNG name details

Helicotapirus Hulbert, 2010 †

IRMNG_ID

1473478 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1473478)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Tapirus Brisson, 1762

Rank

Genus

Parent

Tapiridae Gray, 1821

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Original description

Article title: A NEW EARLY PLEISTOCENE TAPIR (MAMMALIA: PERISSODACTYLA) FROM FLORIDA, WITH A REVIEW OF BLANCAN TAPIRS FROM THE STATE. [details]

Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49.
page(s): 78 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark As Tapirus (Helicotapirus). Currently valid as subgenus according to Hulbert, 2010.

Taxonomic remark As Tapirus (Helicotapirus). Currently valid as subgenus according to Hulbert, 2010. [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Helicotapirus Hulbert, 2010 †. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1473478 on 2025-09-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2015-06-07 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree]

original description Article title: A NEW EARLY PLEISTOCENE TAPIR (MAMMALIA: PERISSODACTYLA) FROM FLORIDA, WITH A REVIEW OF BLANCAN TAPIRS FROM THE STATE. [details]

original description Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 49.
page(s): 78 [details]

basis of record ION: Index to Organism Names (Jul 2012). , available online at http://www.organismnames.com/ [details]

source of synonymy original publication [details]

extant flag source inferred from original work (title) [details]

habitat flag source inferred from original work (title) [details]

Unreviewed

Taxonomic remark As Tapirus (Helicotapirus). Currently valid as subgenus according to Hulbert, 2010. [details]

To BioNames database
To ION (Index to Organism Names)