Earliest occurrence of “Dihoplus” megarhinus (Mammalia, Rhinocerotidae) in Europe (Late Miocene, Pannonian Basin, Hungary): Palaeobiogeographical and biochronological implications

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• 作者：Luca Pandolfi^a ; ^{luca.pandolfi@uniroma3.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Mihá ; ly Gasparik^b ; Paolo Piras^a
• 关键词：Rhinocerotidae ; &ldquo ; Dihoplus&rdquo ; megarhinus ; Systematics ; Morphology ; Biochronology ; Paleobiogeography
• 刊名：Annales de Paleontologie
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：October-December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：101
• 期：4
• 页码：325-339
• 全文大小：3329 K

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In 1979, several specimens of Rhinocerotidae were collected from the Late Miocene deposits of the Zala Subbasin, Pannonian Basin, Western Hungary and were inventoried as Rhinoceros sp. Based on morphological and metric grounds, this material is here referred to “Dihoplus” megarhinus (de Christol), a species previously known only from Pliocene localities. This is the earliest record of the species in Europe. Our results support the hypothesis that the origin of “D”. megarhinus took place in Asia and that this species successively dispersed towards Western Europe during the end of the Miocene.