A new rhinocerotid (Mammalia) from the Lower Oligocene of Central Europe (Espenhain near Leipzig, NW-Saxony, Germany)

Authors
Uhlig, U Bohme, M
Citation
U. Uhlig et M. Bohme, A new rhinocerotid (Mammalia) from the Lower Oligocene of Central Europe (Espenhain near Leipzig, NW-Saxony, Germany), N J GEO P-A, 220(1), 2001, pp. 83-92
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Earth Sciences
Journal title
NEUES JAHRBUCH FUR GEOLOGIE UND PALAONTOLOGIE-ABHANDLUNGEN
ISSN journal
00777749 → ACNP
Volume
220
Issue
1
Year of publication
2001
Pages
83 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0077-7749(200104)220:1<83:ANR(FT>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
An upper jaw fragment of a juvenil rhinocerotid is described from the Lower Oligocene (Rupelian, MP22) Bohlen-Formation (open-cast mine Espenhain near Leipzig). In comparison with other Paleogene genera the fossil cannot be i ncluded in any known genus of the Rhinocerotoidea. Most closely related is the primitiv rhinocerotid Ronzotherium, and therefore the taxonomic assignm ent is aff. Ronzotherium sp. Due to the development of a strong antecrochet and a deep posterior protocone furrow this taxon is more evolved than the former. Together with the Eurasian Ronzotherium and the North American Amph icaenopus aff. Ronzotherium sp. is interpreted as an early off-shoot of the family Rhinocerotidae.