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Superfamily Hippopotamoidea Gray 1821 (even-toed ungulate)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla

Synonym: Hippopotamidamorpha Spaulding et al. 2009

Parent taxon: Whippomorpha according to D. R. Prothero et al. 2021

See also Alroy 2011, Boisserie et al. 2011, Boisserie et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Colbert 1938, Lihoreau et al. 2015, Sahni and Khare 1971, Spaulding et al. 2009 and Weston and Boisserie 2010

Sister taxa: Anthracotheriodea, Cetacea, Cetaceamorpha

Subtaxa: Anthracothema Anthracotheriidae Hippopotamidae Myaingtherium Siamotherium

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Ecology: amphibious herbivore

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