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Trogontherium

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Trogontherium
Skull of Trogontherium cuvieri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Castoridae
Tribe: Trogontheriini
Genus: Trogontherium
von Waldheim, 1809
Type species
Trogontherium cuvieri
von Waldheim, 1809
Species
  • T. cuvieri
  • T. minus
  • T. boisvillettei

Trogontherium is an extinct genus of giant beavers.[1] Fossils of Trogontherium have been found in Middle Pleistocene formations of England, mainland Europe, Yunnan, China, and Siberia, Russia.[2]

Jaws of Trogontherium boisvillettei

See also

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2012-05-27. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ The Paleobiology Database Trogontherium entry accessed on 7 April 2010