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Hippopotamus lemerlei

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus lemerlei was named by Milne Edwards (1868) [attributed to Grandidier in Milne Edwards]. Its type specimen is Lectotype MNHNIP 1414(1911-12), a skull (skull and mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ambolisatra, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in Madagascar.

It was replaced with Hippopotamus madagascariensis by Guldberg (1883).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Hippopotamus lemerlei Grandidier
1868Hippopotamus lemerlei Milne Edwards
1894Hippopotamus leptorhynchus Grandidier and Filhol
1989Hippopotamus lemerlei Stuenes p. 243
2010Hippopotamus lemerlei Weston and Boisserie p. 860

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyHippopotamidae
subfamilyHippopotaminaeGray 1821
genusHippopotamus
specieslemerlei

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 lemerlei Milne Edwards 1868
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Invalid names: Hippopotamus leptorhynchus Grandidier and Filhol 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:18:49
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:18:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Gingerich 2003

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar (Toliara) Hippopotamus lemerlei (92732 92733)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Hippopotamus lemerlei (type locality: 95826 181845)