Hexaprotodon sivalensis
Hexaprotodon sivalensis | |
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Hexaprotodon sivalensis skull elements | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Artiodactyla |
Family: | Hippopotamidae |
Genus: | Hexaprotodon |
Species: | H. sivalensis |
Binomial name | |
Hexaprotodon sivalensis Falconer and Cautley, 1836[1] | |
Hexaprotodon sivalensis is an extinct species of hippopotamus belonging to the genus Hexaprotodon which may includes today's pygmy hippopotamuses. It lived much in India starting Pliocene, died out at Pleistocene.[2] It was one of the very few Asian hippopotamuses.
References
- ↑ Falconer, H., and P. T. Cautley, (1836) Note on the fossil Hippopotamus of the Sivalik Hills. Asiatic Researches, vol. 19, p. 115-134
- ↑ Weerawardhena, S. R., Russell, A. P., & Ratnayaka, R. M. C. S. A molar tooth of Hexaprotodon (Hippopotamidae) from Upper Pleistocene deposits of the central province of Sri Lanka. Cey. J. Sci. (Bio.Sci.) Vol. 31, 2003, 69-73
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