Osteichthyes - Therapsida

Synonym: Hipposaurus major Boonstra 1952

Belongs to Hipposaurus according to C. A. Sidor and B. S. Rubidge 2006

See also Boonstra 1952, Boonstra 1969 and Sigogneau-Russell 1989

Sister taxon: Hipposaurus brinki

Type specimens:

• Hipposaurus boonstrai: SAM-PK-8950, a skeleton. Its type locality is Klein Koedoeskop, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.
• Hipposaurus major: SAM-PK-9081, a skull. Its type locality is Klein Koedoeskop, Beaufort West, which is in a Capitanian terrestrial siliciclastic in South Africa.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Klein Koedoeskop, Beaufort West

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.