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Kenyapotamus coryndonae

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Kenyapotamus coryndoni was named by Pickford (1983). It is not extant. Its type specimen is KNM BN 1321 & KNM BN 2075. Its type locality is Ngeringerowa, which is in a Serravallian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Ngorora Formation of Kenya.

It was corrected as Kenyapotamus coryndonae by Boisserie et al. (2010) and Weston and Boisserie (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Kenyapotamus coryndoni Pickford p. 195 figs. Fig. 3-12
2010Kenyapotamus coryndonae Boisserie et al. p. 345
2010Kenyapotamus coryndonae Weston and Boisserie p. 853

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyHippopotamidae
subfamilyKenyapotaminae
genusKenyapotamus
speciescoryndonae()

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.

Kenyapotamus coryndonae Pickford 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available