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Hexaprotodon primaevus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4971564https://www.gbif.org/species/4971564
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)83612https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=83612
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Hexaprotodon : Hexaprotodon primaevus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Hippopotamidae : Hexaprotodon : Hexaprotodon primaevus
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
genusHexaprotodonFalconer and Cautley 1836
speciesHexaprotodon primaevusCrusafont et al. 1964
Generic NameHexaprotodon
Scientific NameHexaprotodon primaevus Crusafont et al., 1964
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Hexaprotodon primaevusspeciesbelongs to Hexaprotodonstated without evidenceCrusafont et al., 1964
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1964Hexaprotodon primaevus Crusafont et al.
1977Hexaprotodon primaevus Coryndon p. 70

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
Coryndon S. C. (1977) The taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and a description of two new fossil species I. The nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae, Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 80 2, 61-71
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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