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Dihoplus kirchbergensis
Taxonomy
Rhinoceros kirchbergense was named by Jäger (1839) [kirchbergense is definitely the original spelling, see Owen 1846].
It was synonymized subjectively with Rhinoceros schleiermacheri by Owen (1846); it was recombined as Dicerorhinus kirchbergense by Loose (1975); it was recombined as Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis by Xu (1986); it was recombined as Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis by Lacombat (2005); it was recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis by Deng et al. (2011).
It was synonymized subjectively with Rhinoceros schleiermacheri by Owen (1846); it was recombined as Dicerorhinus kirchbergense by Loose (1975); it was recombined as Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis by Xu (1986); it was recombined as Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis by Lacombat (2005); it was recombined as Dihoplus kirchbergensis by Deng et al. (2011).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1841 | Rhinoceros mercki Kaup |
| 1841 | Rhinoceros merckii Kaup p. 6 |
| 1927 | Rhinoceros mercki Boule and De Villeneuve p. 36 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-3 |
| 1971 | Dicerorhinus choukoutienensis Mayer |
| 1971 | Dicerorhinus mercki Mayer |
| 1971 | Rhinoceros merckii Mayer |
| 1975 | Dicerorhinus kirchbergense Loose |
| 1986 | Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis Xu |
| 2005 | Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis Lacombat |
| 2011 | Dihoplus kirchbergensis Deng et al. p. 1287 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Dihoplus kirchbergensis Jäger 1839
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Invalid names: Rhinoceros mercki Kaup 1841 [synonym], Rhinoceros merckii Kaup 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene | Tajikistan | Dicerorhinus mercki (34396) | |
| Piacenzian - Calabrian | Italy (Basilicata) | Rhinoceros mercki (38087) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Thüringen) | Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis (43020 45065 45085) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | France (Auvergne) | Dicerorhinus mercki (47830) | |
| Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis (34940) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Morocco | Rhinoceros mercki (21856) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Spain (Madrid) | Dicerorhinus mercki (51817) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Haute-Garonne) | Rhinoceros mercki (49089) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | France (Provence) | Dicerorhinus mercki (48891) Dicerorhinus sp. (48911) Rhinoceros mercki (48890) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (50196) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Lazio Region) | Rhinoceros mercki (36134) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) | Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis (50199 50200) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis (92787) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Ioannina) | Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis (208564) | |
| Holocene | France | Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis (59150) |