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Taxonomy
Poebrotherium was named by Leidy (1847). Its type is Poebrotherium wilsoni. It is the type genus of Poebrotheriinae.
It was assigned to Poebrotheriinae by Hay (1902) and Simpson (1945); to Camelidamorpha by Spaulding et al. (2009); and to Camelidae by Leidy (1847), Lambe (1908), Scott (1940), Carroll (1988), Prothero (1996), Honey et al. (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001) and Jiménez-Hidalgo et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Poebrotheriinae by Hay (1902) and Simpson (1945); to Camelidamorpha by Spaulding et al. (2009); and to Camelidae by Leidy (1847), Lambe (1908), Scott (1940), Carroll (1988), Prothero (1996), Honey et al. (1998), Thewissen et al. (2001) and Jiménez-Hidalgo et al. (2015).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Poebrotherium Leidy |
| 1902 | Poebrotherium Hay p. 675 |
| 1908 | Poebrotherium Lambe |
| 1940 | Poebrotherium Scott p. 618 |
| 1945 | Poebrotherium Simpson p. 150 |
| 1988 | Poebrotherium Carroll |
| 1996 | Poebrotherium Prothero p. 612 |
| 1998 | Poebrotherium Honey et al. p. 441 |
| 2001 | Poebrotherium Thewissen et al. p. suppl. |
| 2009 | Poebrotherium Spaulding et al. p. e7062 |
| 2015 | Poebrotherium Jiménez-Hidalgo et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Poebrotherium Leidy 1847
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†Poebrotherium chadronense Prothero 1996
†Poebrotherium eximium Hay 1902
†Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy 1847
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Invalid names: Poebrotherium andersoni Troxell 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| D. R. Prothero 1996 | Small to medium-sized camels (M1-3 length = 28-37 mm), with anterior dentition becoming differentiated and developing diastemata. Relatively low- crowned molars with strong styles. Distinguished from Poebrodon by: larger size; greater hypsodonty; M2 wider posteriorly; lingual hypoconulid lobe of M3 reduced; lingual surface of metaconid and entoconid more flattened. |