First Discovery of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis from Yanjinggou Provides Insights into the Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae of South China
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We thank Eleanor Hoeger (Senior Museum Specialist), Sara Ketelsen (Museum Specialist) and Maria Surovy of Department of Mammalogy, Division of Vertebrate Zoology for allowing us to observe the Dicerorhinus skull in the AMNH collection. Zhijie Jack Tseng (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York) is also thanked for his improvement of the text. Susan Turner (Brisbane) assisted with English language. This work was supported by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB26000000), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41430102, 41702001) and State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy (Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS) (Grant No.173102).

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    The Rhinocerotidae is one of the most common and important families in the Pleistocene mammalian fauna of South China. Since the last century, most of the Pleistocene rhinocerotid fossils were prematurely assigned to Rhinoceros sinensis, which has resulted in confusion of taxonomy for decades, especially in South China. The Yanjinggou area in Chongqing Municipality of China, where the neotype of R. sinensis came from, has yielded abundant rhinocerotid fossils and is a key area to solve this problem. A recently discovered juvenile skull from a karstic fissure in this area can be referred to Dicerorhinus sumatrensis (Fischer, 1814), which is the first confirmed non-Rhinoceros rhinocerotid from the area. This new finding indicates that non-Rhinoceros fossils might have been mixed in AMNH collection from Yanjinggou and thus the diagnosis of Rhinoceros sinensis needs reformation. On the other hand, Stephanorhinus ?kirchbergensis is also detected in Granger’s collection based on our reobservation. The coexistence of Rhinoceros, Dicerorhinus and Stephanorhinus shows the higher diversity of Pleistocene rhinocerotids in South China.

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CHEN Shaokun, PANG Libo, YAN Yaling, WEI Guangbiao, YUE Zongying.2021. First Discovery of Dicerorhinus sumatrensis from Yanjinggou Provides Insights into the Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae of South China[J]. Acta Geologica Sinica(),95(4):1065-1072

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  • Received:December 23,2019
  • Revised:March 25,2020
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  • Online: August 24,2021
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