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Hippopotamus madagascariensis
Taxonomy
Hippopotamus madagascariensis was named by Guldberg (1883). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Antsirabe (MNHN collection), which is in a Pleistocene/Holocene terrestrial horizon in Madagascar.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1883 | Hippopotamus madagascariensis Guldberg |
1989 | Hippopotamus madagascariensis Stuenes p. 250 |
2010 | Hippopotamus madagascariensis Weston and Boisserie p. 860 |
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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 madagascariensis Guldberg 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections: one only
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Hippopotamus madagascariensis (type locality: 95827) |