Tapiroidea

Tapiroidea is a superfamily of perissodactyls which includes the modern tapirs and their extinct relatives. Taxonomically, they are placed in suborder Ceratomorpha along with the rhino superfamily, Rhinocerotoidea. The first members of Tapiroidea appeared during the Early Eocene, 55 million years ago, and were present in North America and Asia during the Eocene. Tapiridae first appeared during the early Oligocene in Europe, and are thought to have originated from the tapiroid family Helaletidae.

==Taxonomy== Superfamily Tapiroidea Family †Deperetellidae Genus †Bahinolophus Genus †Deperetella Genus †Irenolophus Genus †Teleolophus Family Tapiridae Genus †Eotapirus Genus †Miotapirus Genus †Nexuotapirus Genus †Paratapirus Genus †Plesiotapirus Genus †Protapirus (syn. Tanyops) Genus †Tapiravus Genus Tapirus thumb|The Pleistocene giant tapir (Tapirus augustus) compared to the [[Oligocene Protapirus simplex.]]Family †Helaletidae Genus †Colodon Genus †Dilophodon Genus †Helaletes Genus †Heptodon Genus †Heteraletes Genus †Paracolodon Genus †Plesiocolopirus Placement uncertain Genus †Indolophus Genus †Thuliadanta