Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (Jäger, 1839) (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) from Vernasso (Udine, NE Italy) and other localities in adjacent areas with reports on Oligo-Mio-Pliocene rhinoceroses. An essai de synthèse

Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (JÄGER, 1839) remains were recovered into a quarry at Vernasso/Dolenj Barnas near Cividale del Friuli (Udine, Friuli), in other Northeastern Italian provinces located in Friuli Venezia Giulia and Veneto as well as on adjacent territories (Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czech Republic). Of particular interest appear the remains from Vernasso and those from Šaľa (about 60 km east of Bratislava, Săľa district, Nitra region, Southwestern Slovakia) found in 1973. In several cases, no stratigraphical data are unfortunately available. In any case, until today S. kirchbergensis was rarely been found everywhere in Eurasia during last two centuries. For more details on the S. kirchbergensis records in Eurasia vide in BILLIA (2008; 2011; 2014) and BILLIA & ZERVANOVÁ (2015). In addition, selected reports on Oligo-Mio-Pliocene rhinoceros remnants found in the same areas are also taken into consideration. In one case, data on a Hungarian find of Eocene age is also listed.