Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combination: Kenyapotamus coryndoni
Full reference: M. Pickford. 1983. On the origins of Hippopotamidae together with descriptions of two new species, a new genus and a new subfamily from the Miocene of Kenya. Géobios 16(2):193-217
Belongs to Kenyapotamus according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010
See also Pickford 1983 and Weston and Boisserie 2010
Sister taxon: Kenyapotamus ternani
Type specimen: KNM BN 1321 & KNM BN 2075. Its type locality is Ngeringerowa, which is in a Serravallian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Ngorora Formation of Kenya.
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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