Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combinations: Hexaprotodon imagunculus, Hippopotamus imagunculus
Belongs to Hexaprotodon according to E. Weston and J.-R. Boisserie 2010
See also Coryndon 1977 and Weston 2000
Sister taxa: Hexaprotodon aethiopicus, Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dissimilis, Hexaprotodon dulu, Hexaprotodon garyam, Hexaprotodon iravticus, Hexaprotodon mingoz, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Hexaprotodon pantanellii, Hexaprotodon primaevus, Hexaprotodon sahabiensis, Hexaprotodon shungurensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hexaprotodon sivalensis, Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon) hipponensis
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of the Congo-Kinshasa (14 collections)
• Pliocene of Uganda (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Uganda (2)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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