Thuliadanta
Thuliadanta is an extinct genus of ceratomorph perissodactyl closely related to modern tapirs that is known from the early Eocene of Arctic Canada (Nunavut and Northwest Territories).
| Thuliadanta Temporal range: Early Eocene | |
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| Genus: | Thuliadanta |
| Species: | T. mayri |
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| Thuliadanta mayri Eberle, 2005 | |
Paleogeographic significance
Thuliadenta is known from the highest northern latitudinal region of any extinct tapiroid, indicating a possible North American origin for Tapiroidea. Judging from the use of the mountain tapir as an analogue, Thuliadanta may have been a year-round inhabitant in the mild temperate lowland forests of the Eocene High Arctic.[1]
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References
- J. J. Eberle. 2005. A new 'tapir' from Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada - Implications for northern high latitude palaeobiogeography and tapir palaeobiology. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 227:311-322.
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