Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Perissodactyla

Subsequent positions

Tapiromorpha (Infraorder) Haeckel, 1866

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 487.

Original entries

Questionably †Deperetellidae (Family) Radinsky, 1965
Questionably †Helaletidae (Family) Osborn, 1892
Questionably †Indolophus (Genus) Pilgrim, 1925
Questionably †Isectolophidae (Family) Peterson, 1919
Questionably †Lophialetidae (Family) Matthew & Granger, 1925
Questionably †Lophiodontidae (Family) Gill, 1872
Questionably †Sastrilophus (Genus) Sahni & Khare, 1971

Subsequent entries

Tapiridae (Family) Gray, 1821

Current position

Tapiromorpha (Infraorder) Haeckel, 1866

Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 487. [new position]

Alternative positions

Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 645.
Ceratomorpha (Infraorder) Wood, 1937	Ref: A.O. Averianov & M. Godinot, 2005: 222.
Tapiromorpha (Suborder) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.

Historical positions

Tapiromorpha (Suborder) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 445.
Tapiromorpha (Suborder) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 402.
Tapiromorpha (Infraorder) Haeckel, 1866	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 487. [new position]
Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 645.
Ceratomorpha (Suborder) Wood, 1937	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1f;1g;4s;6ss; ‡1g; †5f;34g;4s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 26 Jan 2015	[1f;1g;4s;6ss; ‡1g; †5f;34g]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[1f;1g; ‡1g; †5f;34g]
1988	R.L. Carroll: 645	[1f; †5f]