Trogosus

<i>Trogosus</i>

Trogosus

Extinct genus of mammals

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Trogosus is an extinct genus of tillodont mammal. Fossils have been found in Wyoming, California,[2] and British Columbia,[3] and date from the Eocene between 54.8 and 33.7 million years ago.

Life restoration

Trogosus was a bear-like herbivore with a large, short skull and flat feet, and had a skull 35 cm (14 in) long with an estimated body weight of 150 kg (330 lb).[4] It had large, rodent-like incisors, which continued growing throughout the creature's life. Judging from the heavily worn molar teeth, Trogosus fed on rough plant material, such as roots and tubers.[5]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Trogosus in the Paleobiology Database. Retrieved July 2013.
  2. [2]
    Miyata, Kazunori; Deméré, Thomas A. (17 February 2016). "New material of a 'short-faced' Trogosus (Mammalia, Tillodontia) from the Delmar Formation (Bridgerian), San Diego County, California, U.S.A." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 36 (3): e1089878. doi:10.1080/02724634.2016.1089878. S2CID 130776132. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. [3]
    Russell 1935
  4. [4]
    Kemp 2005, p. 240
  5. [5]
    Palmer 1999, p. 236

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