†subfamily Kenyapotaminae Pickford 1983 (hippopotamus)

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae

Full reference: M. Pickford. 1983. On the origins of Hippopotamidae together with descriptions of two new species, a new genus and a new subfamily from the Miocene of Kenya. Géobios 16(2):193-217

Parent taxon: Hippopotamidae according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2011

See also Boisserie et al. 2005, Boisserie et al. 2010, McKenna and Bell 1997, Pickford 1983, Pickford 2007 and Weston and Boisserie 2010

Sister taxa: Hippopotamina, Hippopotaminae

Subtaxa: Kenyapotamus Kulutherium Morotochoerus

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Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser

Distribution:

• Miocene of Ethiopia (1 collection), Kenya (7), Tunisia (3), Uganda (2)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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