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Hippopotamus aethiopicus

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus aethiopicus was named by Coryndon and Coppens (1975). Its type specimen is 1 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens
1977Hippopotamus aethiopicus Coryndon p. 70 figs. Fig. 6
2004Hippopotamus aethiopicus Geraads et al. p. 183
2010Hippopotamus aethiopicus Weston and Boisserie p. 861

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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
subfamilyHippopotaminaeGray 1821
genusHippopotamus
speciesaethiopicusCoryndon and Coppens 1975

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 aethiopicus Coryndon and Coppens 1975
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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 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Kenya (Rift Valley) Hippopotamus aethiopicus (21288)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Hippopotamus aethiopicus (22342 22349 22350)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Hippopotamus aethiopicus (32058 32077 32085)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Hippopotamus aethiopicus (21294 21295 21306 21343 21347 21351)