Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combination: Hexaprotodon harvardi
Full reference: S. C. Coryndon. 1977. The taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and a description of two new fossil species II. A description of two new species of Hexaprotodon. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 80(2):72-88
Belongs to Archaeopotamus according to E. Weston and J.-R. Boisserie 2010
See also Boisserie 2005 and Coryndon 1977
Sister taxon: Archaeopotamus lothagamensis
Type specimen: NMK 57-67K, a partial skull
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection), Tanzania (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (1), Kenya (3), Tanzania (4)
• Miocene of Kenya (2), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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