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Potamotherium

Description

Potamotherium ('river beast') an extinct genus of caniform carnivoran from the Miocene epoch of France and Germany. It has been previously assigned to the mustelid family, but recent work suggests that is represents a primitive relative of pinnipeds.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3240089https://www.gbif.org/species/3240089
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41157https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41157
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Potamotherium
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-LaurasiatheriaWaddell et al. 1999
-ScrotiferaWaddell et al. 1999
-FeraeLinnaeus 1758
-CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
-CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivoraBowditch 1821
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
familyMustelidaeFischer 1817
subfamilyPotamotheriinae
genusPotamotheriumGeoffroy 1833
Scientific NamePotamotherium Geoffroy, 1833
Name Published InRev. Ency., 59
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Lutrinaestated without evidenceHay, 1902
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Mustelidaestated without evidencePalmer, 1904
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to MustelidaeimpliedCarroll, 1988
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Pinnipediastated without evidenceWolson, 1993
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Oligobuninaestated without evidenceBaskin, 1998
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Oligobunidaestated without evidenceWang et al., 2005
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Pinnipediastated without evidenceRybczynski et al., 2009
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Semantoridaestated without evidenceSato et al., 2009
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Potamotheriinaestated with evidenceRobles et al., 2010
Potamotheriumgenusbelongs to Mustelidaestated without evidenceKoretsky and Domning, 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance13.7 - 11.1 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, omnivore (based on Mustelidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. A. Peterson. 1910. Description of new carnivores from the Miocene of western Nebraska. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 4(5):205-278
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potamotherium

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Lutra vallentoni
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Potamotherium miocenicum
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
416.9 Ma
Miocene
13.7 Ma
Miocene
Potamotherium vallentoni
species
listed (PBDB)228.4 Ma
Oligocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Pomatotherium Hay, 1902GBIFgenusAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Pomatotherium

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1833Potamotherium Geoffroy
1902Pomatotherium Hay p. 768
1904Potamotherium Palmer p. 559
1988Potamotherium Carroll
1993Potamotherium Wolson p. 370
1996Potamotherium Morlo p. 216
YearName and Author
1998Potamotherium Baskin p. 157
2005Potamotherium Wang et al. p. 48 fig. 17
2009Potamotherium Rybczynski et al. p. 1023 figs. Fig. 4
2009Potamotherium Sato et al. p. 917
2010Potamotherium Robles et al. p. 558
2014Potamotherium Koretsky and Domning p. 227

References

Peterson O. A. (1910) Description of new carnivores from the Miocene of western Nebraska, Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 4 5, 205-278
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Palmer T. S. (1904) Index generum mammalium: a list of the genera and families of mammals, North American Fauna 23, 1-984
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Wolson M. (1993) Phylogeny and classification of early European Mustelida (Mammalia: Carnivora), Acta Theriologica 38 4, 345-384
Morlo M. (1996) Carnivoren aus dem Unter-Miozän des Mainzer Beckens, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 76 1/2, 193-249
Baskin J. A. (1998) Mustelidae, Evolution of Tertiary mammals of North America, 152-173
Wang X., McKenna M. C., et al (2005) Amphicticeps and Amphicynodon (Arctoidea, Carnivora) from Hsanda Gol Formation, Central Mongolia and phylogeny of basal arctoids with comments on zoogeography, American Museum Novitates 3483, 1-57
Rybczynski N., Dawson M. R., et al (2009) A semi-aquatic Arctic mammalian carnivore from the Miocene epoch and origin of Pinnipedia, Nature 458, 1021-1024
Robles J. M., Alba D. M., et al (2010) New craniodental remains of Trocharion Albanense Major, 1903 (Carnivora, Mustelidae), from the Vallès-Penedès Basin (middle to late Miocene, Barcelona, Spain), Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 2, 547-562
Koretsky I. A., Domning D. P. (2014) One of the oldest seals (Carnivora, Phocidae) from the Old World, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34 1, 224-229 doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.787428
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Rev. Ency., 59 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family (except Lontra, Enhydra) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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