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A New Species of Quaternary Hippopotamid from Bhima Valley, Karnataka


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A nearly complete skull of a fossil hippopotamus collected from the Quaternary alluvial deposits in the Bhima valley in Karnataka, India, is described herein. Comparison with known Indian forms along with other species of this genus establishes that the present form is a hitherto unknown species, named as Hippopotamus deccaaensis Sp. Nov.

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Hippopotamid, Hippopotamus deccanensis, Quaternary, Bhima Valley, Karnataka.
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S. Anantharaman
Palaeontology Division, Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad - 560 068, India
D. C. Dassarma
Palaeontology Division, Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad - 560 068, India
P. Ashok Kumar
Palaeontology Division, Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad - 560 068, India

Abstract


A nearly complete skull of a fossil hippopotamus collected from the Quaternary alluvial deposits in the Bhima valley in Karnataka, India, is described herein. Comparison with known Indian forms along with other species of this genus establishes that the present form is a hitherto unknown species, named as Hippopotamus deccaaensis Sp. Nov.

Keywords


Hippopotamid, Hippopotamus deccanensis, Quaternary, Bhima Valley, Karnataka.