Trogontherium

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]

Jaws of Trogontherium boisvillettei

Trogontherium
Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Late Pleistocene
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Skull of Trogontherium cuvieri
Scientific classification
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

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 2012-05-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. The Paleobiology Database Trogontherium entry accessed on 7 April 2010
  3. 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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