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Taxonomy
Poebrotherium wilsoni was named by Leidy (1847) [genotype]. It is the type species of Poebrotherium.
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1847 | Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy p. 324 |
1853 | Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy |
1857 | Poebrotherium wilsoni Leidy p. 89 |
1902 | Poebrotherium wilsoni Hay p. 676 |
1908 | Poebrotherium wilsoni Lambe |
1917 | Poebrotherium andersoni Troxell |
1940 | Poebrotherium wilsoni Scott p. 641 |
1967 | Poebrotherium andersoni Clark and Beerbower |
1996 | Poebrotherium wilsoni Prothero p. 617 figs. Figure 4, Tables 2, 3, 5 |
1998 | Poebrotherium wilsoni Honey et al. p. 441 |
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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
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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D. R. Prothero 1996 | Medium 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. |