†Morotochoerus Pickford 1998 (hippopotamus)
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Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Full reference: M. Pickford. 1998. A new genus of Tayassuidae (Mammalia) from the middle Miocene of Uganda and Kenya. Annales de Paléontologie 84(3-4):275-285
Parent taxon: Kenyapotaminae according to M. Orliac et al. 2010
See also Bishop 2010, Boisserie et al. 2011 and Pickford 1998
Sister taxa: Kenyapotamus, Kulutherium
Subtaxa: Morotochoerus ugandensis
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Kenya (1 collection), Uganda (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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