†Kulutherium Pickford 2007 (hippopotamus)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Full reference: M. Pickford. 2007. A new suiform (Artiodactyla, Mammalia) from the Early Miocene of East Africa. Comptes Rendu Palevol 6(3):221-229
Parent taxon: Kenyapotaminae according to M. Orliac et al. 2010
See also Boisserie et al. 2011, Holroyd et al. 2010 and Pickford 2007
Sister taxa: Kenyapotamus, Morotochoerus
Subtaxa: Kulutherium kenyensis
Type: Kulutherium kenyensis
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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