Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839 (rhinoceros)

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Alternative combinations: Dicerorhinus kirchbergense, Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis, Rhinoceros kirchbergense, Rhinoceros kirchbergensis, Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis

Synonyms: Dicerorhinus choukoutienensis Kaup 1841, Dicerorhinus mercki Kaup 1841, Rhinoceros mercki Kaup 1841, Rhinoceros merckii Kaup 1841

Belongs to Dihoplus according to T. Deng et al. 2011

See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Lacombat 2005, Loose 1975, Owen 1846 and Xu 1986

Sister taxa: Dihoplus megarhinus, Dihoplus pikermiensis, Dihoplus ringstroemi, Dihoplus schleiermacheri

Ecology: ground dwelling browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of China (1 collection), France (6), Germany (6), Greece (1), Italy (1), Morocco (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)

• Pliocene of Tajikistan (1)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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