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Archaeopotamus harvardi
Taxonomy
Hexaprotodon harvardi was named by Coryndon (1977). Its type specimen is NMK 57-67K, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Archaeopotamus harvardi by Boisserie (2005) and Weston and Boisserie (2010).
It was recombined as Archaeopotamus harvardi by Boisserie (2005) and Weston and Boisserie (2010).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1977 | Hexaprotodon harvardi Corydon |
1977 | Hexaprotodon harvardi Coryndon p. 73 figs. Fig. 7, 8 |
2005 | Archaeopotamus harvardi Boisserie p. 16 |
2010 | Archaeopotamus harvardi Weston and Boisserie p. 855 |
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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.
†Archaeopotamus harvardi Coryndon 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22241 22243) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22139) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Kenya | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22236) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) | Hexaprotodon harvardi (28245) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chad | Hexaprotodon harvardi (24181) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Tanzania | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22042 22058 22062 22063) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22242) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | Kenya | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22237) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Tanzania | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22043 22044 22045 22050 22052 22054) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22476 22477 22480) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Kenya | Hexaprotodon harvardi (22235) |