Osteichthyes - Theriiformes - Hippopotamidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 42480
Alternative spelling: Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon)
Full reference: H. Falconer and P. T. Cautley. 1836. Notes on the fossil hippopotamus of the sivalik hills. Asiatic Researches 19:39-53
Parent taxon: Hippopotaminae according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Archaeopotamus, Choeropsis, Chororatherium, Hippopotamus, Phanourios, Saotherium
Subtaxa: Hexaprotodon bruneti, Hexaprotodon coryndoni, Hexaprotodon crusafonti, Hexaprotodon dissimilis, Hexaprotodon dulu, Hexaprotodon garyam, Hexaprotodon hipponensis, Hexaprotodon imaguncula, Hexaprotodon iravticus, Hexaprotodon mingoz, Hexaprotodon namadicus, Hexaprotodon palaeindicus, Hexaprotodon pantanellii, Hexaprotodon primaevus, Hexaprotodon sahabiensis, Hexaprotodon shungurensis, Hexaprotodon siculus, Hexaprotodon sivalensis
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser