Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Full reference: R. Geze. 1985. Repartition paleoecologique et relations phylogenetiques des Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du Neogene d'Afrique orientale. Environment des hominides au Plio-Pleistocene 81-100
Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to Geze 1980
Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, Hexaprotodon bruneti, 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: AL 170-1A & AL 170-1B, a partial skull (mandible and cranial fragments). Its type locality is Hadar - DD General, which is in a Piacenzian wet floodplain horizon in the Hadar Formation of Ethiopia.
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution: found only at Hadar - DD General
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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