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Hexaprotodon siculus

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus siculus was named by Hooijer (1946). It is not extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Hexaprotodon siculus by Boisserie (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Hippopotamus siculus Hooijer
2005Hexaprotodon siculus Boisserie p. 20

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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
speciessiculus(Hooijer 1946)

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 siculus Hooijer 1946
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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, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979
Collections
No collection or age range data are available