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Hippopotamus creutzburgi
Taxonomy
Hippopotamus creutzburgi was named by Boekschoten and Sondaar (1966). Its type specimen is BNHM-M10286, a maxilla (fragmentary upper jaw, with P4–M3 left and right and palatum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Katharo Hippo Locality 1, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial claystone in Greece.
Subspecies
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1966 | Hippopotamus creutzburgi Boekschoten and Sondaar |
1977 | Hippopotamus creutzburgi Coryndon p. 70 figs. Fig. 6 |
1996 | Hippopotamus creutzburgi Spaan |
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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 creutzburgi Boekschoten and Sondaar 1966
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†Hippopotamus creutzburgi parvus Kuss 1975
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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G. J. Boekschoten and P. Y. Sondaar 1966 | Tetraprotodont Hippopotamus of small size (M'-M 3 about 10.2 cm, about 11 cm). Mandible rather delicate as compared with Hippopotamus amphibius. Astragalus and navicular articulating surfaces with considerable flexibility anteroposteriorly (70°). Tarsal and carpal bones with clear articulation surfaces on the medial and lateral sides. |
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Hippopotamus creutzburgi (203950 type locality: 204321 204322 204323 204325) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Crete) | Hippopotamus creutzburgi (202328) |