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Hippopotamus gorgops

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus gorgops was named by Dietrich (1928). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich
1977Hippopotamus gorgops Coryndon p. 70 figs. Fig. 6
1986Hippopotamus gorgops Faure p. 126
1995Hippopotamus gorgops Petronio p. 54
2010Hippopotamus gorgops Weston and Boisserie p. 859

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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
speciesgorgopsDietrich 1928

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 gorgops Dietrich 1928
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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 11:18:49
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:18:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gingerich 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Hippopotamus gorgops (22213)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Hippopotamus gorgops (22207)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Djibouti Hippopotamus gorgops (22485)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Hippopotamus gorgops (21289 21291 21292)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Hippopotamus gorgops (22596)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Hippopotamus gorgops (21398 21503)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Eritrea (Buia) Hippopotamus gorgops (193126)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Hippopotamus gorgops (21350)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Hippopotamus gorgops (21974)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Hippopotamus gorgops (21367 21370 21378 21445 21452 21454 21462 21464 21508 21515 21521 22342)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Djibouti Hippopotamus gorgops (22486)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel Hippopotamus gorgops (37024)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Hippopotamus gorgops (21835 21836 21838 21839 21841 21843 21844 21846 21848 38039)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Hippopotamus gorgops (21368 21403 21455 21514 21527 21820 21833)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Hippopotamus gorgops (21294 21297 21343 21347 21348)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Hippopotamus gorgops (21970 21971 22041 22064 22337 22617 22621 22626)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Hippopotamus gorgops (22552 22553 22554 22558 22577 22578 22579 22583)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Djibouti Hippopotamus gorgops (209750)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ethiopia Hippopotamus gorgops (22177)