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Hexaprotodon sivalensis

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley p. 51
1977Hexaprotodon sivalensis Coryndon p. 70 figs. Fig. 6
1985Hexaprotodon sivalensis Geze p. 84
2016Hexaprotodon sivalensis Siddiq et al. p. 2581

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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
genusHexaprotodon
speciessivalensis

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.

†Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:19:00
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:19:00
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Nepal Hexaprotodon sivalensis (36574)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Jammu) Hexaprotodon sivalensis (51101)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Panjab) Hexaprotodon sivalensis (51104 51106)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Sri Lanka (Sabaragamuva) Hexaprotodon sivalensis (14150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Hexaprotodon sivalensis (93520 93522)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan (Punjab) Hexaprotodon sivalensis (189825)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan (Bhimber) Hexaprotodon sivalensis (236037)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia Hexaprotodon sivalensis (93523)