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Trogontherium

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Trogontherium was named by Fischer von Waldheim (1809). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Castoridae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Rybczynski (2007).

Species
T. cuvieri (syn. Conodontes boisvillettii)
Species lacking formal opinion data
T. minus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1809Trogontherium Fischer von Waldheim
1862Conodontes Laugel
1997Trogontherium McKenna and Bell
2007Trogontherium Rybczynski p. 7

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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

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.

G. †Trogontherium Fischer von Waldheim 1809
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†Trogontherium cuvieri Owen 1846
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Invalid names: Conodontes boisvillettii Laugel 1862 [synonym]
Invalid names: Conodontes 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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Schaffhausen) T. minutum (46267)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) T. minutum (46277)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Slovakia (Trnava) T. minutum, T. sp. (69719)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) T. minutum (75481)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Slovakia Trogontherium indet. (69717)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') T. sp. (174455)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kazakhstan T. cuvieri (76289)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova T. sp. (198590)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Romania T. minus (40795 40796)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation T. minus (34110)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') T. minor, T. cuvieri (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania T. dacicum (39844 39845) T. minus (39843)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania (Oltenia) T. sp. (39418 39420)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) T. cuvieri (48579)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine T. sp. (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Russian Federation T. sp. (76530)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania T. boisvilletti (39868) T. dacicum (39846)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania (Wallachia Region) T. sp. (36004 36005)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) T. minus (199747)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) T. boisvilleti (35374)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia T. minus (41026 41027)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (77767)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (77750)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Barany) T. sp. (35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands T. cuvieri (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey T. cuvieri (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) T. boisvilletti (50274)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) T. cuvieri (50000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania (Wallachia region) T. boisvilletti (36008)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania T. boisvilletti (32145 39866 40112)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania (Oltenia) T. sp. (39422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (77749)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Romania T. boisvilletti (39860)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France Conodontes boisvillettii, T. cuvieri (34459)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) T. cuvieri (22728)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Yunnan) T. sp. (36583)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) T. cuvieri (36220)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic T. cuvieri (36219)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Budapest) T. schmerlingi (35474)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) T. cuvieri (49999 50196 50198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Poland (Taganrog) T. cuvieri (189273)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Norfolk) T. cuvieri (49816)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Romania T. cuvieri (40260 40263)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) T. cuvieri (36206)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Netherlands T. cuvieri (109704)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) T. cuvieri (50199)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Suffolk) T. cuvieri (49814)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) T. sp. (77754 78010)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0United Kingdom T. cuvieri (197163)