Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Full reference: S. C. Coryndon and Y. Coppens. 1975. Une espece nouvelle d'Hippopotame nain du Plio-Pldistocene du bassin du lac Rodolphe (Ethiopie, Kenya). . Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences 280:1777-1780
Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to S. C. Coryndon and Y. Coppens 1975
Sister taxa: 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 shungurensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (14 collections)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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