Potomacanthus M. von Balthazar, K. R. Pedersen, P. R. Crane, M. Stampanoni & E. M. Friis 2007

Potomacanthus is a genus of in the family Lauraceae. This genus is extinct.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/extinct
Definition: A taxon is Extinct when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. A \r\ntaxon is presumed Extinct when exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, \r\nat appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal, annual), throughout its historic range have failed \r\nto record an individual. Surveys should be over a time frame appropriate to the taxon’s life cycle and life form.
Attribution: http://www.iucnredlist.org/technical-documents/categories-and-criteria

EOL has data for 4 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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lower cretaceous epoch
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/LowerCretaceous
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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