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Hippopotamidae

[‚hip·ə·pəd′am·ə‚dē]
(vertebrate zoology)
The hippopotamuses, a family of palaeodont mammals in the superfamily Anthracotherioidea.
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The taxonomy and nomenclature of the Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) and a description of two new fossil species.
Hippopotamidae. In: Evolution of African mammals (eds.
Les Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du Plio-Pleistocene de l'Ethiopie.
Repartition paleoecologique et relations phylogenetiques des Hippopotamidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) du neogene d'Afrique Orientale.
Family Hippopotamidae. In: The fossil Ungulates: Geology, fossil artiodactyls (ed.
The fossil Hippopotamidae of Asia, with notes on the recent species.
Hexaprotodon (Mammalia: Hippopotamidae) from the Pinjor Formation of Bhimber, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
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