Family Tapiridae Gray 1821 (tapir)
PaleoDB taxon number: 43129
Alternative spelling: Tapirina
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Tapiroidea according to M. W. Colbert 2005
Sister taxa: Deperetellidae, Euryletes, Haagella, Helaletes, Helaletidae, Heptodon, Heptodontidae, Hesperaletes, Thuliadanta
Subtaxa: none
Type: Tapirus
Ecology: ground dwelling browser