A MIOCENE ACERATHERIINE RHINOCEROTID (MAMMALIA, PERISSODACTYLA) FROM EARLY PLEISTOCENE MARINE DEPOSITS AT MONTE DELLE PICHE (ROME, CENTRAL ITALY)

作者：Pandolfi Luca^*; Grossi Francesco; Frezza Virgilio

来源：Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2013, 119(3): 401-405.

• Aceratheriini
• Acerorhinus
• micropalaeontology
• reworking
• Miocene
• Monte delle Piche
• central Italy

A fragmentary hemi-mandible of a rhinocerotid was collected during the end of the 19th century at Monte delle Piche (Rome). Morphological features, such as a short paralophid in the molar, the presence of a mesio-lingual cingulid in the teeth and a well-developed upturned I/2, indicate that the specimen belongs to Aceratheriini. In addition to other taxa (e.g. Chilotherium, Aceratherium and Hoploaceratherium), the hemi-mandible shows morphological traits suggestive of the genus Acerorhinus. The latter is well-documented in fossiliferous localities of Southeastern Europe, Turkey and China, chronologically related with the Land Mammal Zones MN 9-12. Unfortunately, the specimen is reworked in Early Pleistocene marine deposits. Hence, it cannot indicate the time at which the genus reached Italy.

• 出版日期2013-11