Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Alternative combination: Hexaprotodon protamphibius
Belongs to Hippopotamus according to E. Weston and J.-R. Boisserie 2010
See also Coryndon 1977 and Geze 1985
Sister taxa: Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon), Hippopotamus aethiopicus, Hippopotamus afarensis, 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 sirensis
Subtaxa: Hexaprotodon protamphibius turkanensis
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Ethiopia (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Ethiopia (1)
• Pliocene of Chad (1), Ethiopia (3), Kenya (3)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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