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Trogontherium cuvieri

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Trogontherium cuvieri was named by Owen (1846).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. minus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Trogontherium cuvieri Owen
1862Conodontes boisvillettii Laugel
1869Trogontherium cuvieri Gervais p. 84

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
genusTrogontheriumFischer von Waldheim 1809
speciescuvieriOwen 1846

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846
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Invalid names: Conodontes boisvillettii Laugel 1862 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:05:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan Trogontherium cuvieri (76289)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Trogontherium cuvieri (39409)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) Trogontherium cuvieri (48579)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Trogontherium cuvieri (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Trogontherium cuvieri (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Trogontherium cuvieri (50000)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Trogontherium cuvieri (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France Conodontes boisvillettii, Trogontherium cuvieri (34459)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Trogontherium cuvieri (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) Trogontherium cuvieri (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania Trogontherium cuvieri (40260 40263)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Trogontherium cuvieri (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Poland (Taganrog) Trogontherium cuvieri (189273)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands Trogontherium cuvieri (109704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic Trogontherium cuvieri (36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Suffolk) Trogontherium cuvieri (49814)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) Trogontherium cuvieri (50199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Trogontherium cuvieri (49999 50196 50198)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom Trogontherium cuvieri (197163)