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Hexaprotodon protoamphibius

Osteichthyes - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
H. aethiopicus, H. bruneti, H. coryndoni, H. crusafonti, H. dissimilis, H. dulu, H. garyam, H. imaguncula, H. iravticus, H. mingoz, H. namadicus, H. palaeindicus, H. pantanellii, H. primaevus, H. sahabiensis, H. shungurensis, H. siculus, H. sivalensis, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. iravaticus, H. simplex, H. sinhaleyus

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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
genusHexaprotodon
speciesprotoamphibius

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21510)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (22321)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21531)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Chad Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21962)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21783 21785 22038)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21425 21435 21484 21485 21530 21536)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21344)
Piacenzian - Calabrian3.6 - 0.774Kenya Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21433)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21983 22002 22023 22026 22039)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Hexaprotodon protoamphibius (21280 21282 21283 21286 21342 21345 21354 21355)