Biogeography and chronology of the Eurasian extinct rhinoceros Stephanorhinus etruscus (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae)

PANDOLFI, L.; KOTSAKIS, T.; CERDEÑO, E; CODREA, V.

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ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER

Lugar: Paris; Año: 2017 vol. 16 p. 762 - 773

1631-0683

Stephanorhinus etruscus is one of the most abundantly recorded and better known Eurasian EarlyPleistocene rhinoceroses. Nevertheless, the first and last appearances of this species, as well asits paleogeographic distribution, are controversial and debated in literature. S. etruscus is documentedsince the latest Pliocene in Spain (Las Higueruelas), Italy (Montopoli and Castelnuovo di Barardenga), France (Perrier-Les Étouaires) andRomania (Iarăș-Cariera Veche).During the Early Pleistocene, S. etruscusoccurred in several Spanish, French and Italian localities as well as in TheNetherlands (e.g., Tegelen), Germany (e.g., Thiede), Greece (e.g., Aivaliki) and Israel (e.g., Ubeidiya). The lastappearance of S. etruscus in Eurasiais debatable. Etruscan rhino populations survived till the Jaramillo subchrone(around 1.1 Ma) in France (Bois-de-Riquet), Romania (Betfia XII) and Hungary (Osztramos 2 and 8), and close to the Early-Middle Pleistocene transition in Spain (CuevaVictoria, Huéscar 1, AtapuercaTD4, TD6 and TD8) and Italy (Monte delle Piche).