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Hippopotamus karumensis

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hexaprotodon karumensis was named by Coryndon (1977). Its type specimen is KNM-ER 798, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hippopotamus karumensis by Coryndon (1977), Weston and Boisserie (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon
1977Hexaprotodon karumensis Coryndon p. 79
2010Hippopotamus karumensis Weston and Boisserie p. 861

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyHippopotamidae
subfamilyHippopotaminaeGray 1821
genusHippopotamus
specieskarumensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available