Hexaprotodon sivalensis Prosaurolophus approximately 210 million years ago

approximately 210 million years ago

Height 130mm

probably within an approximate range of 5–8 tonnes depending on the individual and the reconstruction used

the most striking thing about its head are the prominent horns that protrude from its temples

Hexaprotodon sivalensis Prosaurolophus approximately 210 million years agoHexaprotodon 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