Morphological and biometrical differentiation of the teeth from Pleistocene species of Stephanorhinus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) in Mediterranean Europe and the Massif Central, France

This work presents a paleontological study of fossil rhinoceros of the genus Stepbanorhinus in Mediterranean Europe and in the Massif Central, France, based on the study of material from nineteen sites of Pleistocene age. Although Stepbanorhinus etruscus, Stepbanorhinus hundsheimensis, Stephanorhinus hemitoechus, and Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis have similar tooth morphology, distinctive characters were found by quantifying the qualitative observations. Blometrical data show specific differences according to the results of the morphological description and a precise diagnose of each tooth is proposed for the four species.