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Potamarchus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

Taxonomy
Potamarchus was named by Burmeister (1885). Its type is Potamarchus murinus.

It was assigned to Dinomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Potamarchinae by Kerber et al. (2016).

Species
P. adamiae, P. murinus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Potamarchus Burmeister p. 154
1997Potamarchus McKenna and Bell
2016Potamarchus Kerber et al.

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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
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyChinchilloideaBennett 1833
familyDinomyidaePeters 1873
subfamilyPotamarchinaeKraglievich 1926
genusPotamarchus

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. †Potamarchus Burmeister 1885
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†Potamarchus adamiae Kerber et al. 2016
†Potamarchus murinus Burmeister 1885
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:32:01
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Venezuela (Falcon) Potamarchus indet. (152543)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Peru P. sp. (176156)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Peru (Ucayali) P. murinus (163843)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) P. sigmodon, P. murinus (55602)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru P. sp. (176133 176162)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Amazonas) P. murinus (67386)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela P. sp. (200111)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) P. sp. (146427)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) P. adamiae (191931 191932) P. murinus (134808 217883 217884)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil P. sigmodon, P. murinus, P. adamiae (57989)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) P. sp. (157794)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) P. sp., P. sigmodon, P. murinus (55600)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Rioja) P. sp., P. murinus (55596)