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Archaeopotamus harvardi

Osteichthyes - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hexaprotodon harvardi was named by Coryndon (1977). Its type specimen is NMK 57-67K, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Archaeopotamus harvardi by Boisserie (2005), Weston and Boisserie (2010).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-04-16; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Hexaprotodon harvardi Corydon
1977Hexaprotodon harvardi Coryndon p. 73 figs. Fig. 7, 8
2005Archaeopotamus harvardi Boisserie p. 16
2010Archaeopotamus harvardi Weston and Boisserie p. 855

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
genusArchaeopotamus
speciesharvardi()

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.

†Archaeopotamus harvardi Coryndon 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available