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Hippopotamus antiquus

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hippopotamus antiquus was named by Desmarest (1822). It is not extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) antiquus by Falconer and Cautley (1836).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Hippopotamus antiquus Desmarest
1836Hippopotamus (Tetraprotodon) antiquus Falconer and Cautley p. 51
1977Hippopotamus antiquus Coryndon p. 70 figs. Fig. 6
1991Hippopotamus tiberinus Mazza

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
speciesantiquusDesmarest 1822

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 antiquus Desmarest 1822
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Invalid names: Hippopotamus tiberinus Mazza 1991 [synonym]
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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Gingerich 2003

Age range: base of the Calabrian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 1.80000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Granada) Hippopotamus antiquus (34460 34943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain (Catalonia) Hippopotamus antiquus (49212)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Auvergne) Hippopotamus major (47828)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Ilia) Hippopotamus antiquus (200096)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Greece (Achaia) Hippopotamus antiquus (200094)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Greece (Ilia) Hippopotamus antiquus (200095)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Greece (Laconia) Hippopotamus antiquus (200093)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy Hippopotamus tiberinus (96763)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Slovenia Hippopotamus antiquus (94488)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Hungary (Fejer) Hippopotamus antiquus (35475)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Hippopotamus antiquus (49239)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Portugal (Algarve) Hippopotamus amphibius (40809)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Budapest) Hippopotamus antiquus (35474)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Hippopotamus antiquus (187637 194472 194474 194475 194476 194477)