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The First Find of Merck's Rhinoceros (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae, Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis Jäger, 1839) Remains in the Russian Far East.
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Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections [Dokl Biol Sci] 2020 Mar; Vol. 491 (1), pp. 47-49. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Jun 01. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- 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 the teeth of Merck's rhinoceros. Radiocarbon dating and accompanying animal species enabled the dating of Merck's rhinoceros remains to the Late Pleistocene (marine isotope stages 5-2). These finds mark the extreme eastern boundary of the Merck's rhinoceros species range in the Late Pleistocene. The living range reached the Pacific Ocean coast during a certain time interval within this epoch. This was due to the abundance of tree and shrub vegetation in the area during the Late Pleistocene.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1608-3105
- Volume :
- 491
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32483707
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496620010032