Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula, 1902

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: Late Pleistocene (Daura et al., 2015)

Distribution

Europe: including Serbia (Radović et al., 2020)

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

IGF 1931V (Pandolfi, 2021)

MNHN PW 1958 – 764 (Pandolfi, 2021)

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Toula, F. (1902). Das Nashorn von Hundsheim, Rhinoceros (Ceratorhinus Osborn) hundsheimensis nov, form. Abhandlungen der Kaiser Koniglichen GeologischenRheichsanstalt 19(1): 1-92.

Other references:

Ballatore, Manuel. (2016). Palaeoecological investigations on Plio-Pleistocene European rhinoceroses (genus [i]Stephanorhinus[/i]): powder x-ray diffraction, carbon isotope geochemistry, tooth wear analyses and biometry. Plinius 42: 16-19.

Ballatore, Manuel and Breda, Marzia. (2013). Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis (Rhinocerontidae, Mammalia) teeth from the early Middle Pleistocene of Isernia La Pineta (Molise, Italy) and comparison with coeval British material. Quaternary International 302: 169-183.

Cavinato, G. P., Petronio, C. and Sardella, R. (2001). The Mercure River Basin (Southern Italy): Quaternary stratigraphy and large mammal biochronology, pp. 187-190. In: Cavarretta, C., Gioia, P., Mussi, M. and Palombo, M. R. (eds.). The World of Elephants – International Congress, Rome. Proceedings of the 1st international congress – Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Rome. [automatic download]

Daura, J. et al. (2015). Cova del Rinoceront (Castelldefels, Barcelona): a terrestrial record for the Last Interglacial period (MIS 5) in the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula. Quaternary Science Reviews 114: 203-227.

Diedrich, Cajus G. (2023). Extinct Eurasian rhinoceros Coelodonta and Stephanorhinus dental pathologies and tooth change modus. Quaternary Science Reviews 301: 107922. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107922

Kahlke, Ralf-Dietrich and Kaiser, Thomas M. (2011). Generalism as a subsistence strategy: advantages and limitations of the highly flexible feeding traits of Pleistocene Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia). Quaternary Science Reviews 30(17-18): 2250-2261. [Abstract]

Mazza, Paolo. (1996). The Middle Pleistocene rhinoceros remains from Cesi (Colfiorito Basin, Macerata, Central Italy). Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 35(3): 349-355.

Mussi, M. and Palombo, M. R. (2001). Human/carnivore interaction in the Middle Pleistocene of Latium (Central Italy): an open question, pp. 67-75. In: Cavarretta, C., Gioia, P., Mussi, M. and Palombo, M. R. (eds.). The World of Elephants – International Congress, Rome. Proceedings of the 1st international congress – Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Rome. [automatic download]

Palombo, M. R., Abbazzi, L., Agostini, S., Mazza, P. and Mussi, M. (2001). Middle Pleistocene fauna and lithic implements from Pagliare di Sassa (L’Aquila, Central Italy), pp. 224-229. In: Cavarretta, C., Gioia, P., Mussi, M. and Palombo, M. R. (eds.). The World of Elephants – International Congress, Rome. Proceedings of the 1st international congress – Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, Rome. [automatic download]

Pandolfi, Luca. (2021). Understanding the variability of Early Pleistocene Stephanorhinus (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae): implications for taxonomy and palaeobiogeography, pp. 84-85. In: Ratajczak-Skrzatek U., Kovalchuk O., Stefaniak K. (eds.). Proceedings of INQUA SEQS 2021 Conference, Wrocław, Poland. University of Wrocław & Polish Geological Society. 119 pp.

Pandolfi, Luca. (2022). A critical overview on Early Pleistocene Eurasian Stephanorhinus (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae): Implications for taxonomy and paleobiogeography. Quaternary International. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2022.11.008

Pandolfi, Luca. (2023). Reassessing the phylogeny of Quaternary Eurasian Rhinocerotidae. Journal of Quaternary Science. https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3496

Pandolfi, Luca and Erten, Hüseyin. (In Press, 2016). [i]Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis[/i] (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from the late early Pleistocene deposits of the Denizli Basin (Anatolia, Turkey). Geobios. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2016.10.002 [Abstract]

Pandolfi, Luca, Fiore, Ivana et al. (In Press, 2018). Rhinocerotidae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the middle Pleistocene levels of Grotta Romanelli (Lecce, southern Italy). Geobios. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2018.08.008 [Abstract]

Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis Toula, 1902 (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from Serbia. Palaeontologia Electronica, 23(2):a34. https://doi.org/10.26879/985

Welker F, Smith GM, Hutson JM, Kindler L, Garcia-Moreno A, Villaluenga A, Turner E, Gaudzinski-Windheuser S. (2017). Middle Pleistocene protein sequences from the rhinoceros genus Stephanorhinus and the phylogeny of extant and extinct Middle/Late Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae. PeerJ 5: e3033.

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