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Hexaprotodon sahabiensis

Mammalia - Hippopotamidae

Taxonomy
Hexaprotodon sahabiensis was named by Gaziry (1987). Its type specimen is 404P34A, a mandible (mandible fragment with P/4-M/3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sahabi Fauna Locality P34A, which is in a Messinian terrestrial horizon in the Sahabi Formation of Libya.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Hexaprotodon sahabiensis Gaziry
2010Hexaprotodon sahabiensis Weston and Boisserie p. 863

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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
genusHexaprotodon
speciessahabiensis

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.

†Hexaprotodon sahabiensis Gaziry 1987
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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 11:19:00
Modified: 2012-04-16 20:19:00
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: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Libya Hexaprotodon sahabiensis (type locality: 28309)