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Archaeopotamus

Description

Archaeopotamus is an extinct genus of Hippopotamidae that lived between 7.5 and 1.8 million years ago in Africa and the Middle East. The genus was described in 2005 to encompass species of hippos that were previously grouped in Hexaprotodon.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4835802https://www.gbif.org/species/4835802
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)77329https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=77329
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Archaeopotamus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Archaeopotamus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
-CetancodontaArnason et al. 2000
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyHippopotamidaeGray 1821
subfamilyHippopotaminaeGray 1821
genusArchaeopotamusBoisserie 2005
Scientific NameArchaeopotamus Boisserie, 2005
Name Published InBoisserie, J.-R. (2005). The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143 (1), 1-26
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Archaeopotamusgenusbelongs to Hippopotamidaestated without evidenceBoisserie, 2005
Archaeopotamusgenusbelongs to Hippopotaminaestated with evidenceBoisserie et al., 2005
Archaeopotamusgenusbelongs to Hippopotaminaestated without evidenceWeston and Boisserie, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Hippopotamidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J.-R. Boisserie. 2005. The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143:1-26
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeopotamus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Hexaprotodon harvardi
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2223.0 Ma
Miocene
5.33 Ma
Miocene
Hexaprotodon lothagamensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
311.6 Ma
Miocene
11.6 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2005Archaeopotamus Boisserie p. 16
2005Archaeopotamus Boisserie et al.
2010Archaeopotamus Boisserie et al. p. 328
2010Archaeopotamus Orliac et al. p. 11873 figs. Fig. 2
2010Archaeopotamus Weston and Boisserie p. 854
2011Archaeopotamus Boisserie et al. p. 620 figs. Table 1

References

Boisserie J.-R. (2005) The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143, 1-26
Boisserie J.-R., Lihoreau F., et al (2005) The position of Hippopotamidae within Cetartiodactyla, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 5, 1537-1541
Boisserie J.-R., Lihoreau F., et al (2010) Morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the earliest known hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla, Hippopotamidae, Kenyapotaminae), Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 158, 325-266
Orliac M., Boisserie J.-R., et al (2010) Early Miocene hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla) constrain the phylogenetic and spatiotemporal settings of hippopotamid origin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 107 26, 11871-11876
Weston E., Boisserie J.-R. (2010) Hippopotamidae, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 853-871
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
original work/web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Boisserie, J.-R. (2005). The phylogeny and taxonomy of Hippopotamidae (Mammalia: Artiodactyla): a review based on morphology and cladistic analysis. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 143 (1), 1-26 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 143 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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