Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combination: Trilobophorus afarensis
Full reference: R. Geze. 1985. Repartition paleoecologique et relations phylogenetiques des Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du Neogene d'Afrique orientale. Environment des hominides au Plio-Pleistocene 81-100
Belongs to Hippopotamus according to E. Weston and J.-R. Boisserie 2010
See also Boisserie 2005 and Geze 1985
Sister taxa: Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon), Hippopotamus aethiopicus, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus behemoth, Hippopotamus coryndonae, Hippopotamus creutzburgi, Hippopotamus gorgops, Hippopotamus kaisensis, Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus laloumena, Hippopotamus lemerlei, Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Hippopotamus major, Hippopotamus meltensis, Hippopotamus minor, Hippopotamus protamphibius, Hippopotamus sirensis
Type specimen: AL 74-20, a partial skull (calvarium). Its type locality is Hadar - SH General, which is in a Piacenzian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Hadar Formation of Ethiopia.
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ethiopia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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