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Hippopotamus kaisensis

Osteichthyes - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus kaisensis was named by Hopwood (1926). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. creutzburgi, H. guldbergi, H. minutus, H. minutus, H. namadicus, H. palaeindicus, H. pentlandi, H. protoamphibius, H. protoamphibius
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-04-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Hippopotamus kaisensis Hopwood
1977Hippopotamus kaisensis Coryndon p. 70 figs. Fig. 6

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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
genusHippopotamus
specieskaisensisHopwood 1926

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 kaisensis Hopwood 1926
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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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Hippopotamus kaisensis (22399)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Uganda Hippopotamus kaisensis (22345)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Hippopotamus kaisensis (22265)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Hippopotamus kaisensis (22207)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Rift Valley) Hippopotamus kaisensis (21307 21309 21310)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Hippopotamus kaisensis (22178)