Trogontherium
| Trogontherium Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Castoridae |
| Tribe: | †Trogontheriini |
| Genus: | †Trogontherium von Waldheim, 1809 |
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| Trogontherium cuvieri von Waldheim, 1809
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Trogontherium is an extinct genus of giant beavers, ranging from the Late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene.[1] It is not closely related to the North American giant beavers of the genus Castoroides. Fossils of Trogontherium have been found in Middle Pleistocene formations of England, mainland Europe, Yunnan, China, and Siberia, Russia.[2] The last record of the taxon is from the Late Pleistocene of Manchuria near Harbin, around 40,000 years old. Its disappearance might be related to the arrival of hunter gatherers into the region.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ The Paleobiology Database Trogontherium entry accessed on 7 April 2010
- ^ Yang, Yangheshan; Li, Qiang; Fostowicz-Frelik, Łucja; Ni, Xijun (April 2019). "Last record of Trogontherium cuvieri (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Pleistocene of China". Quaternary International. 513: 30–36. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2019.01.025.
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