Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Full reference: R. Geze. 1985. Repartition paleoecologique et relations phylogenetiques des Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du Neogene d'Afrique orientale. Environment des hominides au Plio-Pleistocene 81-100
Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to R. Geze 1985
Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dissimilis, Hexaprotodon dulu, Hexaprotodon garyam, Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hexaprotodon iravticus, Hexaprotodon mingoz, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Hexaprotodon pantanellii, Hexaprotodon primaevus, Hexaprotodon sahabiensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis
Type specimen: Omo 56-68-3100 & Omo 56-68-3101, a partial skull (calvarium and mandible). Its type locality is Omo - member C, which is in the Gelasian of horizon the Shungura Formation Ethiopia.
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Omo - member C
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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