Deep-time preservation of amino acids in mammalian fossil tooth enamel [PDF]
Communications BiologyTooth enamel, primarily composed of bioapatite, is a promising archive of endogenous organic matter for studying ancient fauna. Despite its low organic content (~1%), protein residues have been identified in teeth up to 24 million years old.
Lucrezia Gatti +7 more
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A taxonomic review of the genus Rhinoceros with emphasis on the distinction of Eurhinoceros (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) [PDF]
ZooKeysThis study examines the ecomorphological characteristics of two Asian rhinoceros species: the critically endangered Sundaic rhinoceros and the vulnerable Indian rhinoceros.
Francesco Nardelli, Kurt Heißig
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Deciphering the influence of evolutionary legacy and functional constraints on the patella: an example in modern rhinoceroses amongst perissodactyls [PDF]
PeerJIn mammals, the patella is the biggest sesamoid bone of the skeleton and is of crucial importance in posture and locomotion, ensuring the role of a pulley for leg extensors while protecting and stabilizing the knee joint.
Christophe Mallet, Alexandra Houssaye
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Enamel carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotopes reveal limited mobility in an extinct rhinoceros at Ashfall Fossil Beds, Nebraska, USA [PDF]
Scientific ReportsAshfall Fossil Beds in Nebraska, USA, was a mid-Miocene (11.86 ± 0.13 Ma) watering-hole that preserved hundreds of herbivores in volcanic ash. The short-legged, barrel-bodied rhinoceros, Teleoceras major (Mammalia; Rhinocerotidae), is abundant at Ashfall
Clark T. Ward +2 more
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New materials of plesiacerathere (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Early Miocene of Northern China [PDF]
PeerJAs a member of Aceratheriinae, the genus Plesiaceratherium in Europe is widely distributed and highly diverse. However, only one species of Plesiaceratherium (i.e., P. gracile) exists in China with a discontinuous distribution range.
Danhui Sun, Tao Deng, Shiqi Wang
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A new late Miocene elasmotheriine rhinoceros from Morocco [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021 We describe here the first definite representative of the subfamily Elasmotheriinae in North Africa. It comes from the upper Miocene site of Skoura near Ouarzazate, on the southern slope of the Central High Atlas in Morocco.
DENIS GERAADS, SAMIR ZOUHRI
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New material of Epiaceratherium and a new species of Mesaceratherium clear up the phylogeny of early Rhinocerotidae (Perissodactyla) [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Reduction of the anterior dentition (i.e. incisors and canines) is a major adaptative trait of the Rhinocerotidae among Perissodactyla. However, the corresponding evolutionary sequence was lacking a robust phylogenetic frame to support it thus far. Here,
Jérémy Tissier +2 more
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New species, revision, and phylogeny of Ronzotherium Aymard, 1854 (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae)
European Journal of Taxonomy, 2021 Ronzotherium is one of the earliest Rhinocerotidae in Europe, which first appeared just after the Eocene/Oligocene transition (Grande Coupure), and became extinct at the end of the Oligocene.
Jérémy Tissier +2 more
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Reconstructing the phylogeny of the hornless rhinoceros Aceratheriinae
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 This study presents the first phylogenetic analysis focused on the subfamily Aceratheriinae to date, with 392 characters (361 parsimony-informative characters) coded from 50 taxa at the species level.
Xiao-Kang Lu +5 more
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Middle Pleistocene protein sequences from the rhinoceros genus Stephanorhinus and the phylogeny of extant and extinct Middle/Late Pleistocene Rhinocerotidae [PDF]
PeerJ, 2017 Background Ancient protein sequences are increasingly used to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships between extinct and extant mammalian taxa. Here, we apply these recent developments to Middle Pleistocene bone specimens of the rhinoceros genus ...
Frido Welker +7 more
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