Potamotherium Geoffroy 1833 (pinniped)

Mammalia - Carnivora

Alternative spelling: Pomatotherium

Parent taxon: Pinnipedimorpha according to R. Paterson et al. 2019

See also Baskin 1998, Carroll 1988, Everett et al. 2022, Hay 1902, Koretsky and Domning 2014, Morlo 1996, Palmer 1904, Robles et al. 2010, Rybczynski et al. 2009, Sato et al. 2009, Wang et al. 2005 and Wolson 1993

Sister taxa: Enaliarctidae, Enaliarctos, Kolponomos, Pacificotaria, Phocomorpha, Pinnarctidion, Pinnipedia, Pinnipediformes, Pteronarctos, Puijila, Semantor

Subtaxa: Potamotherium hasnoti Potamotherium miocenicum Potamotherium vallentoni

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of France (4 collections), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Slovakia (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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