Ceratotherium neumayri

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Ceratotherium neumayri
Temporal range: Late Miocene, Vallesian-Turolian
Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Rhinocerotidae
Genus: Ceratotherium
Species:
†C. neumayri
Binomial name
†Ceratotherium neumayri
Osborn, 1900
Synonyms
  • Diceros pachygnathus Guérin, 1980
  • Atelodus neumayri Osborn, 1900
  • Diceros neumayri Osborn, 1980

Ceratotherium neumayri is a fossil species of rhinoceros from the

Western Asia, with remains known from Greece,[1] Bulgaria,[2] Iran, and Anatolia in Turkey.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described in 1900 by

Dicerotini (also spelled Diceroti) or subtribe Dicerotina.[5] Its genus placement is disputed, with it historically having been placed in both the genera Ceratotherium and Diceros.[6] While some authors have suggested the species to be ancestor of both the white rhinoceros and black rhinoceros,[7][8] other authors have suggested that it represents a distinct early offshoot that is not ancestral to these species.[5] A 2022 study placed the species in the separate monotypic genus Miodiceros.[5]

Description

The species was a large sized rhinceros, and had two horns, a nasal and a frontal horn. The nasal septum was not ossified.[5]

Ecology

Dental microwear analysis suggests that the species was a mixed feeder that engaged in both grazing and browsing.[9]

Discoveries

Fossils of the species have been found in the Balkans, including Bulgaria[2] and Greece[1][5],as well as Anatolia in Turkey, and in northern Iran and the southern Caucasus in Western Asia.[5] A well-preserved sample fossil of the species, which is believed to have died of high temperatures during a volcanic eruption, has been found in Gülşehir, Turkey in 2012.[3] Some authors have suggested that the species was also present in Africa, based on Late Miocene remains found in Tunisia originally attributed to C. douariense.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b I.X. Giaourtsakis. (2003). Late Neogene Rhinocerotidae of Greece: distribution, diversity and stratigraphical range. Deinsea, 10(1), 235–254.
  2. ^ a b Geraads D, Spassov N. 2009. Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia) from the Late Miocene of Bulgaria. Palaeontographica A. 287:99–122.
  3. ^
    PMID 23185510
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  4. ^ Osborn HF (1900) Phylogeny of the rhinoceroses of Europe. Bull Am Mus Natur Hist 12:229–267Return
  5. ^
    S2CID 239883886
    , retrieved 2023-11-20
  6. S2CID 135074081
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  7. S2CID 52105151
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  8. ^ Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Saraç, Gerçek (2005). "Rhinocerotidae from the late Miocene of Akkasdagi, Turkey". Geodiversitas. 27 (4): 601–632.
  9. S2CID 251046561
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  10. ^ Pandolfi (2018). Evolutionary history of Rhinocerotina (Mammalia, Perissodactyla). Fossilia, Volume 2018


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