Trogontherium minutum (von Meyer, 1838)

Hír, János & Kókay, József, 2010, A systematic study of the middle-late Miocene rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) of Felsőtárkány 3 / 8 and 3 / 10 (Northern Hungary) with stratigraphical relations, Geodiversitas 32 (2), pp. 307-329 : 313

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5252/g2010n2a5

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4688373

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E18799-FFF7-E92B-EFED-FEC49BDA963E

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scientific name

Trogontherium minutum (von Meyer, 1838)
status

 

Trogontherium minutum (von Meyer, 1838)

DESCRIPTION

The juvenile molar is hypsodont and shows an early phase of root formation. No cement is apparent in the sinuses. Th e occlusal surface is divided into an anterior and a posterior lobe by the two transverse sinuses: hypoflexus on the lingual and mesoflexus on the labial side. Th ere is a large enamel islet in the anterior lobe, the parafosette and two islets in the posterior lobe, the metafosette and submetafosette.

COMMENTS

Trogontherium minutum is a frequent but not abundant element of late Astaracian-Early Vallesian faunas in the Carpathian Basin. The published occurences are Felsőtárkány-Felnémet 2/3 and 2/7 (MN 7-8; Hír 2006), Felsőtárkány 3/2 (MN 7-8; Hír 2003), Rudabánya (MN 9; Kordos 2003), Borsky Sväty Jur (MN 9; Sabol et al. 2004) and Götzendorf (MN 9; Bachmayer & Wilson 1984).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Castoridae

Genus

Trogontherium

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