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Kosintsev, P.A.; Zykov, S.V.; Tiunov, M.P.; Shpansky, A.V.; Gasilin, V.V.; Gimranov, D.O.; Devyashin, M.M. 2020. The first finding of Merck’s rhinoceros (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae, Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis Jäger, 1839) remains in the Russian Far East. Doklady Biological Sciences 491: 47-49. doi.org/10.1134/S0012496620010032

The first finding of Merck’s rhinoceros (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae, Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis Jäger, 1839) remains in the Russian Far East

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Details: Enamel macro- and microstructure has been studied in the teeth of Merck’s rhinoceros (Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis Jäger, 1839), woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach, 1799), and rhinoceroses from the Tetyukhinskaya (44°35' N - 135°36' E) and Sukhaya (43°09' N, 131°28' E) caves in southern Primorye. The teeth from the caves were identified as belonging to S. kirchbergensis. Radiocarbon dating and accompanying fauna suggest a MIS range 5-2 for the Merck’s rhinoceros. These finds mark the S. kirchbergensis Late Pleistocene extreme eastern boundary.

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