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PrintTapirus veroensis (8) - tooth
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Product code: F14874
Available: Yes
Provenience: Florida - U.S.A. (Florida River)
Geological Era: Early Pleistocene
Age: 1-1.5 million of years
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Description
tapir fossil molar tooth, mm 27 x 27 x 18.
The first tapirids, such as Heptodon, appeared in the early Eocene. They appeared very similar to modern forms, but were about half the size, and lack the proboscis. The first true tapirs appeared in the Oligocene, and by the Miocene, such as generating Miotapirus were almost indistinguishable from the extant species. It is believed that Asian and American tapirs diverged around 20 to 30 million years ago, and tapirs that migrated from North America to South America around 3 million years ago, as part of the Great American Interchange. For much of their history, tapirs were spread across the northern hemisphere, where they became extinct as recently as 10,000 years ago. The species T. polkensis became extinct during the Miocene in Asia, while T. Merriam, veroensis, Cope, and californicus became extinct during the Pleistocene in North America.
It is also believed by some scientists that the Tapir may have evolved from the Hyracotherium (primitive horse).
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