@Weather02584708 It likely resembled a hippo to some extent, but was not closely related to hippos. This paper discusses the relationships of this clade: https://t.co/DOnVwyt7vr
@HodariNundu @JanFreedman @NHMLA There literally has not been a followup paper challenging it in the past six years, so no, that idea is very much still considered! However, I will refer you to a recent paper by @KumikoMatsui who reevaluated the relationships w/in Desmostylia: https://t.co/rBAZ0W1hhF
The phylogeny of desmostylians revisited: proposal of new clades based on robust phylogenetic hypotheses https://t.co/xt8UHrEjlc https://t.co/fgqA7Xigii