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Poebrodon kayi

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Poebrodon kayi was named by Gazin (1955) [genotype]. Its type specimen is USNM 20393, a maxilla (Left maxillary fragment with M1, M2, and most of M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Myton Pocket, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah. It is the type species of Poebrodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Poebrodon kayi Gazin
1976Poebrodon kayi Golz
1996Poebrodon kayi Prothero p. 611
1998Poebrodon kayi Honey et al. p. 441

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
genusPoebrodon
specieskayi

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.

†Poebrodon kayi Gazin 1955
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. L. Gazin 1955Teeth a little less than one-half the size of those in Poebrotherium wilsoni.