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Poebrotherium wilsoni

Mammalia - Camelidae

Taxonomy
Poebrotherium wilsoni was named by Leidy (1847) [genotype]. It is the type species of Poebrotherium.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy p. 324
1853Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy
1857Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy p. 89
1902Poebrotherium wilsoni Hay p. 676
1908Poebrotherium wilsoni Lambe
1917Poebrotherium andersoni Troxell
1940Poebrotherium wilsoni Scott p. 641
1967Poebrotherium andersoni Clark and Beerbower
1996Poebrotherium wilsoni Prothero p. 617 figs. Figure 4, Tables 2, 3, 5
1998Poebrotherium wilsoni 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
genusPoebrotherium
specieswilsoni

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.

Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy 1847
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Invalid names: Poebrotherium andersoni Troxell 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. R. Prothero 1996Medium to small camels (length of Ml-3 = 30-37 mm), with a long diastema between Pl/1 and P2/2, and between the canine and P l / 1 . 13 enlarged. Lower incisors closely appressed in a fanlike arrangement. Lower canine larger, particularly in males. The m3 hypoconulid usually basined. Skeleton with relatively long and slender limbs, and short, arched back. Metapodials relatively shorter than in P. eximium.