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Hippopotamus aethiopicus

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus aethiopicus was named by Coryndon and Coppens (1975). Its type specimen is 1 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens
1977Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon p. 70 figs. Fig. 6
2004Hippopotamus aethiopicus Geraads et al. p. 183
2010Hippopotamus aethiopicus 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
speciesaethiopicusCoryndon and Coppens 1975

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 aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available