Family Hippopotamidae Gray 1821 (hippopotamus)
PaleoDB taxon number: 42479
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. The London Medical Repository Monthly Journal and Review 15:296-310
Parent taxon: Hippopotamoidea according to J.-R. Boisserie et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Anthracothema, Anthracotheriidae, Epirigenys, Myaingtherium, Siamotherium
Subtaxa: Hippopotamina, Hippopotaminae, Kenyapotaminae
Ecology: amphibious grazer-browser