Trogontherium
| Trogontherium | |
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| Skull of Trogontherium cuvieri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Castoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Castoroidinae |
| Tribe: | †Trogontheriini |
| Genus: | †Trogontherium |
| Species: | †T. cuvieri |
| Type species | |
| Trogontherium cuvieri | |
| Species | |
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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
References
- ↑ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/T/Trogontherium_cuvieri/
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database Trogontherium entry accessed on 7 April 2010
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