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Hippopotamus sirensis

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus sirensis was named by Pomel (1896).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Hippopotamus sirensis Pomel

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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
speciessirensisPomel 1896

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 sirensis Pomel 1896
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Morocco Hippopotamus sirensis (34286)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Algeria Hippopotamus sirensis (69723)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco Hippopotamus sirensis (34332)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Algeria Hippopotamus sirensis (22584)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Hippopotamus sirensis (34287)