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Potamotherium miocenicum

Mammalia - Carnivora

Taxonomy
Potamotherium miocenicum was named by Peters (1868).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Potamotherium miocenicum Peters
1996Potamotherium miocenicum Morlo p. 216

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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
speciesmiocenicumPeters 1868

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 miocenicum Peters 1868
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:31:06
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:31:06
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 16.90000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) Potamotherium miocenicum (69116)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Maine-et-Loire) Potamotherium miocenicum (148396)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Potamotherium miocenicum (46955)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Slovakia Potamotherium miocenicum (69712)