Trogosus castoridens Leidy 1871 (tillodont)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Esthonychidae

Belongs to Trogosus according to C. L. Gazin 1953

See also Hay 1902, Leidy 1873 and Lucas and Schoch 1998

Sister taxa: Trogosus gazini, Trogosus grangeri, Trogosus hillsii, Trogosus hyracoides, Trogosus latidens, Trogosus shantunensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Grizzly Buttes, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (7: California, Wyoming collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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