Hexaprotodon sivalensis Prosaurolophus but also for its role

but also for its role in the ecosystem as a large herbivore

with teeth adapted for tearing meat

Length 260mm

Various biomechanical studies suggest that the large dorsal structure of males would have generated hydrodynamic drag

with their fast and precise movements

Hexaprotodon sivalensis Prosaurolophus but also for its roleHexaprotodon sivalensis was an extinct hippopotamid from the Neogene and Quaternary of South Asia, known mainly from remains recovered from the Siwalik Group, one of the most important continental fossil bearing sequences of the Indian subcontinent. Traditionally associated with deposits from the latest Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene, this taxon represents one of the most characteristic forms of Asian fossil hippopotamids and helps illustrate the