Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combination: Hippopotamus dulu
Full reference: J.-R. Boisserie. 2004. A new species of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the Sgantole Formation, Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 175(5):525-533
Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to J.-R. Boisserie 2004
See also Weston and Boisserie 2010
Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dissimilis, Hexaprotodon garyam, Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hexaprotodon iravticus, Hexaprotodon mingoz, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Hexaprotodon pantanellii, Hexaprotodon primaevus, Hexaprotodon sahabiensis, Hexaprotodon shungurensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis
Type specimen: AME-VP-1/33, a mandible. Its type locality is Amba East, which is in a Pliocene terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Sagantole Formation of Ethiopia.
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Amba East
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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