Trogontherium fossil map
Where fossils of Trogontherium have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 11.1 million years ago to the present (Tortonian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Castoridae |
| Named by | Fischer von Waldheim 1809 |
| Fossil records | 122 occurrences at 49 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Romania, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, Slovakia, Hungary, France, Netherlands, Czech Republic, China … |
| Rock formations | txn:41534, Cromer Forest Bed, Khapry, Yuanmou, Dursunlu, Fratesti |
About Trogontherium
Trogontherium is an extinct genus of Eurasian giant beavers that lived from the Late Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene. Fossils of Trogontherium have been found across northern Eurasia, from Western Europe to China and Siberia.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Trogontherium (revision 1381149078), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q7845022.
