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Potamotherium
Taxonomy
Potamotherium was named by Geoffroy (1833). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Palmer (1904) and Carroll (1988); to Oligobuninae by Baskin (1998); to Oligobunidae by Wang et al. (2005); to Pinnipedia by Morlo (1996) and Rybczynski et al. (2009); and to Potamotheriinae by Robles et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Mustelidae by Palmer (1904) and Carroll (1988); to Oligobuninae by Baskin (1998); to Oligobunidae by Wang et al. (2005); to Pinnipedia by Morlo (1996) and Rybczynski et al. (2009); and to Potamotheriinae by Robles et al. (2010).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1833 | Potamotherium Geoffroy |
| 1904 | Potamotherium Palmer p. 559 |
| 1988 | Potamotherium Carroll |
| 1996 | Potamotherium Morlo p. 216 |
| 1998 | Potamotherium Baskin p. 157 |
| 2005 | Potamotherium Wang et al. p. 48 fig. 17 |
| 2009 | Potamotherium Rybczynski et al. p. 1023 figs. Fig. 4 |
| 2010 | Potamotherium Robles et al. p. 558 |
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