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Hippopotamus major

Osteichthyes - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus major was named by Cuvier (1824).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1824Hippopotamus major Cuvier
1844Hippopotamus major Owen p. 223
1988Hippopotamus major Vervoort-Kerkhoff and van Kolfschoten p. 90

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyHippopotamidae
subfamilyHippopotaminaeGray 1821
genusHippopotamus
speciesmajorCuvier 1824

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Hippopotamus major Cuvier 1824
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-04-17 11:18:49
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:18:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Gingerich 2003, Nowak 1999, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Hippopotamus major (78018)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Ciudad Real) Hippopotamus antiquus (49197)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Kos) Hippopotamus major (207130)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Hippopotamus major (77750)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Hippopotamus major (77749)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Pas de Calais) Hippopotamus major (49086)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France Hippopotamus major (34459)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy Hippopotamus major (96744)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain (Albacete) Hippopotamus major (40987)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Spain (Granada) Hippopotamus major (35078)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Pas de Calais) Hippopotamus major (49087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Hippopotamus major (58419 58421 77754 78010)