- be
applied to
hippopotamids in general,
although it is most
frequently used for the
common hippo and its
respective genus.
Hippopotamids are
large mammals...
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comparatively small and thin heads.
Hippopotamids are
deeply nested within the
family Anthracotheriidae. The
oldest known hippopotamid is the
genus Kenyapotamus...
- of
molecular data on
extant animals strongly support the
notion that
hippopotamids are the
closest relatives of
cetaceans (whales,
dolphins and porpoises)...
-
terrestrial even-toed ungulates, the
closest living relatives of the
hippopotamids are
cetaceans (whales, dolphins, porpoises, etc.), from
which they diverged...
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boundary to the
early Middle Pleistocene. The species,
along with
other hippopotamids, was
abundant at Buia in present-day Eritrea.
Remains ****igned to H...
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contains all
living cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and the
hippopotamids. All
whippomorphs are
descendants of the last
common ancestor of Hippopotamus...
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phylogenetic analyses now
indicate cetaceans are more
closely related to
hippopotamids and
other artiodactyls than they are to mesonychians, and this result...
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hippopotamus dates back only to the
Miocene (15
million years ago). The
hippopotamids are
descended from the anthracotheres, a
family of
semiaquatic and terrestrial...
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Saotherium is an
extinct genus of
hippopotamid from the
Early Pliocene of Africa,
specifically Chad. It is
represented by a
single species, S. mingoz....
- (2010). "Early
Miocene hippopotamids (Cetartiodactyla)
constrain the
phylogenetic and
spatiotemporal settings of
hippopotamid origin".
Proceedings of...
