Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Full reference: J.-R. Boisserie and T. D. White. 2004. A new species of Pliocene Hippopotamidae from the Middle Awash, Ethiopia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 24(2):464-473
Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to E. Weston and J.-R. Boisserie 2010
See also Boisserie 2005
Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, 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
Type specimen: BOU-VP-8/79, a partial skull. Its type locality is Middle Awash - Bouri, which is in the Pleistocene/Holocene of horizon Ethiopia.
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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