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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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Hexaprotodon harvardi Corydon
1977Hexaprotodon harvardi Coryndon p. 73
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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:12:21
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) Hexaprotodon harvardi (28245)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Kenya Hexaprotodon harvardi (22241 22243)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Chad Hexaprotodon harvardi (24181)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Kenya Hexaprotodon harvardi (22236)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Hexaprotodon harvardi (22139)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Hexaprotodon harvardi (22042 22058 22062 22063)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Hexaprotodon harvardi (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58Kenya Hexaprotodon harvardi (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Hexaprotodon harvardi (22043 22044 22045 22050 22052 22054)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Hexaprotodon harvardi (22476 22477 22480)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Kenya Hexaprotodon harvardi (22235)