Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to S. C. Coryndon 1977
See also Boisserie 2005
Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dissimilis, Hexaprotodon dulu, Hexaprotodon garyam, Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hexaprotodon iravticus, Hexaprotodon mingoz, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Hexaprotodon pantanellii, Hexaprotodon sahabiensis, Hexaprotodon shungurensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis
Type specimen: 1
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hexaprotodon primaevus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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