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Potamotherium vallentoni

Mammalia - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Lutra vallentoni was named by Geoffroy-Saint-Hillaire (1833).

It was recombined as Potamotherium vallentoni by Morlo (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Lutra vallentoni Geoffroy-Saint-Hillaire p. 5
1996Potamotherium vallentoni Morlo p. 217

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Ferae()
—CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
—CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
—PanpinnipediaWolsan et al. 2020
genusPotamotheriumGeoffroy 1833
speciesvallentoni(Geoffroy-Saint-Hillaire 1833)

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.

†Potamotherium vallentoni Geoffroy-Saint-Hillaire 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available