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Extinct Tapir (Tapirus Veroensis) Tooth Fossil.
This fossil was found in North Florida and is from the Pleistocene Epoch.
This beautiful tooth is about 1/2\" x 3/4\".
The fossil comes in a unique display case and includes a laminated information card.All fossils sold are authentic. No replicas.
Tapirus veroensis, commonly called thevero tapir, is an extincttapirspecies that lived in the areas of modern-day Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, and Tennessee.Tapirus veronensisis thought to have gone extinct around 11,000 years ago.
Tapirsare large,herbivorousmammalsbelonging to the familyTapiridae. They are similar in shape to apig, with a short,prehensilenose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions ofSouthandCentral America, with one species inhabitingSoutheast Asia. They are one of three extant branches ofPerissodactyla(odd-toed ungulates), alongsideequinesandrhinoceroses. Only a single genus, Tapirus, is currently extant. Tapirs migrated into South America during thePleistoceneepoch from North America after the formation of theIsthmus of Panamaas part of theGreat American Interchange.Tapirs were formerly present across North America, but became extinct in the region at the end of theLate Pleistocene, around 12,000 years ago.
The first tapiroids, such asHeptodon, appeared in the earlyEoceneof North America.They appeared very similar to modern forms, but were about half the size, and lacked the proboscis. The first true tapirs appeared in theOligocene. By theMiocene, such genera asMiotapiruswere almost indistinguishable from the extant species. Asian and American tapirs were believed to have diverged around 20 to 30 million years ago.
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