Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Full reference: G. J. Boekschoten and P. Y. Sondaar. 1966. The Pleistocene of the Katharo Basin (Crete) and its Hippopotamus. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 36(8):17-44
Belongs to Hippopotamus according to A. Spaan 1996
See also Boekschoten and Sondaar 1966 and Coryndon 1977
Sister taxa: Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon), Hippopotamus aethiopicus, Hippopotamus afarensis, Hippopotamus amphibius, Hippopotamus antiquus, Hippopotamus behemoth, Hippopotamus coryndonae, Hippopotamus gorgops, Hippopotamus kaisensis, Hippopotamus karumensis, Hippopotamus laloumena, Hippopotamus lemerlei, Hippopotamus madagascariensis, Hippopotamus major, Hippopotamus meltensis, Hippopotamus minor, Hippopotamus protamphibius, Hippopotamus sirensis
Type specimen: BNHM-M10286, a maxilla (fragmentary upper jaw, with P4–M3 left and right and palatum). Its type locality is Katharo Hippo Locality 1, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial claystone in Greece.
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (7 collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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