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New rhinocerotid remains in the latest Oligocene - Early Miocene of the Swiss Molasse Basin

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New specimens of rhinocerotids including a complete skull of Diaceratherium asphaltense and a series of associated dental and postcranial elements of D.aginense and Pleuroceros pleuroceros have been discovered in two localities of the Swiss Molasse Basin: Bühler (?latest Oligocene-earliest Miocene, Canton Appenzell-Ausserhoden) and Sous le Mont (Early Miocene, Canton Bern). The record of D.asphaltense in Bühler may push its First Appearance Datum back to the latest Oligocene.Pleuroceros pleuroceros and Diaceratherium aginense co-occur at Sous le Mont. This assemblage is typical of the Agenian age in Western Europe. Sous le Mont is the second Swiss occurrence of P.pleuroceros beside Wischberg (MN1).
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hal-03102214 , version 1 (07-01-2021)

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Damien Becker, Pierre-Olivier Antoine, Bastien Mennecart, Jérémy Tissier. New rhinocerotid remains in the latest Oligocene - Early Miocene of the Swiss Molasse Basin. Revue de Paléobiologie, 2018, 37 (2), pp.395-408. ⟨10.5281/zenodo.2545091⟩. ⟨hal-03102214⟩
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