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Hippopotamidae (hippopotamus)

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Hippopotamidae Gray p. 306
1850Hippopotamidae Bonaparte p. 1
1883Hippopotamidae Flower p. 184
1889Hippopotamidae Cope p. 876
1891Hippopotamidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89
1910Hippopotamidae Gregory p. 466
1911Hippopotamidae Jaekel p. 234
1977Hippopotamidae Coryndon p. 73
1987Hippopotamidae Gaziry p. 309
1988Hippopotamidae Carroll
1989Hippopotamidae Stuenes p. 243
1991Hippopotamidae Nowak
1997Hippopotamidae McKenna and Bell p. 399
1997Hippopotamidae Montgelard et al. p. 556
1999Hippopotamidae Waddell et al. p. 2
2000Hippopotamidae Ursing et al.
2000Hippopotamidae Weston p. 177
2001Hippopotamidae Thewissen et al. p. suppl.
2003Hippopotamidae Boisserie et al. p. 16
2003Hippopotamidae Boisserie et al. p. 2
2004Hippopotamidae Arnason et al. p. 33
2005Hippopotamidae Boisserie p. 12
2005Hippopotamidae Boisserie et al.
2008Hippopotamidae Agnarsson and May-Collado p. 981 figs. Fig. 4.3
2009Hippopotamidae Spaulding et al.
2010Hippopotamidae Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1
2010Hippopotamidae Boisserie et al. p. 351
2010Hippopotamidae Weston and Boisserie p. 853
2011Hippopotamidae Boisserie et al. p. 620 figs. Table 1

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyHippopotamidae
familyHippopotamidae

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.

Fm. Hippopotamidae Gray 1821 [hippopotamus]
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Subfm. Hippopotaminae Gray 1821
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G. †Archaeopotamus Boisserie 2005
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†Archaeopotamus harvardi Coryndon 1977
G. Choeropsis Leidy 1853 [pygmy hippo]
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G. †Chororatherium Boisserie et al. 2003
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†Chororatherium roobii Boisserie et al. 2003
G. †Hexaprotodon Falconer and Cautley 1836 [pygmy hippo]
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†Hexaprotodon aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
†Hexaprotodon bruneti Boisserie and White 2004
†Hexaprotodon crusafonti Aguire 1963
†Hexaprotodon dissimilis Falconer and Cautley 1836
†Hexaprotodon dulu Boisserie 2004
†Hexaprotodon garyam Boisserie et al. 2005
†Hexaprotodon imaguncula Hopwood 1926
†Hexaprotodon iravticus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Hexaprotodon mingoz Boisserie et al. 2003
†Hexaprotodon namadicus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Hexaprotodon palaeindicus Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Hexaprotodon pantanellii Joleaud 1920
†Hexaprotodon primaevus Crusafont et al. 1964
†Hexaprotodon sahabiensis Gaziry 1987
†Hexaprotodon siculus Hooijer 1946
†Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley 1836
G. Hippopotamus Linnaeus 1758 [hippo]
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Subg. †Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) Falconer and Cautley 1836
†Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 [hippo]
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Invalid names: Hippopotamus incognitus Faure 1984 [synonym]
†Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest 1822
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Invalid names: Hippopotamus tiberinus Mazza 1991 [synonym]
†Hippopotamus behemoth Faure 1986
†Hippopotamus creutzburgi Boekschoten and Sondaar 1966
†Hippopotamus gorgops Dietrich 1928
†Hippopotamus kaisensis Hopwood 1926
†Hippopotamus karumensis Coryndon 1977
†Hippopotamus laloumena Faure and Guerin 1990
†Hippopotamus lemerlei Milne Edwards 1868
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Invalid names: Hippopotamus leptorhynchus Grandidier and Filhol 1894 [synonym]
†Hippopotamus major Cuvier 1824
†Hippopotamus meltensis Major 1902
†Hippopotamus minor Desmarest 1822
†Hippopotamus protamphibius Arambourg 1944
†Hippopotamus sirensis Pomel 1896
Invalid names: Hippopotamus amphibius standini Monnier and Lamberton 1922 [nomen nudum], Trilobophorus Geze 1985 [synonym]
G. †Phanourios Boekschoten and Sondaar 1972
G. †Saotherium Boisserie 2005
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†Saotherium mingoz Boisserie 2005
Subfm. †Kenyapotaminae Pickford 1983
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G. †Kenyapotamus Pickford 1983
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†Kenyapotamus coryndonae Pickford 1983
†Kenyapotamus ternani Pickford 1983
Invalid names: Palaeopotamus Pickford 2007 [synonym]
G. †Kulutherium Pickford 2007
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†Kulutherium kenyensis Pickford 2007
G. †Morotochoerus Pickford 1998
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†Morotochoerus ugandensis Pickford 1998
Invalid names: Hippopotamina Gray 1825 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available