Archaeopotamus lothagamensis Weston 2000 (hippopotamus)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae

Alternative combination: Hexaprotodon lothagamensis

Full reference: E. M. Weston. 2000. A new species of hippopotamus Hexaptrotodon lothagamensis (Mammalia: Hippopotamidae) from the late Miocene of Kenya. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 20(1):177-185

Belongs to Archaeopotamus according to E. Weston and J.-R. Boisserie 2010

See also Boisserie 2005 and Weston 2000

Sister taxon: Archaeopotamus harvardi

Type specimen: KNM-LT 23839, a mandible (mandible with R P/4-M/3 and left P/4-M/2)

Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (2 collections)

• Miocene of Kenya (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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