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]
See Also
References
- ↑ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/T/Trogontherium_cuvieri/
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database Trogontherium entry accessed on 7 April 2010
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