In the present work we examine the abundant but fragmentary remains from the renowned anthropic site of Isernia La Pineta (Molise, Italy), early Middle Pleistocene (Middle Galerian), assigned to S. hundsheimensis by Sala & Fortelius (1993). Given the high sample size of the dental remains, the analysis of the dental morphology, played a major role in this study. The results of frequency analysis of the morphological variability show a high degree of regional variation within the species in tooth morphology. Cranial (not dental) material is not treated here, while the fragments of long bones, still helpful to analyze the fracturing techniques, are not suitable for a morphological study. However, the acropodium is well preserved and its morphology has been analyzed in detail.

Stephanorhinus hundsheimensis: new palaeontological and archaeozoological data on the rhinoceros remains from Isernia la Pineta (Southern Italy).

BALLATORE, Manuel;BREDA, Marzia;Peretto C.;THUN HOHENSTEIN, Ursula
2012

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In the present work we examine the abundant but fragmentary remains from the renowned anthropic site of Isernia La Pineta (Molise, Italy), early Middle Pleistocene (Middle Galerian), assigned to S. hundsheimensis by Sala & Fortelius (1993). Given the high sample size of the dental remains, the analysis of the dental morphology, played a major role in this study. The results of frequency analysis of the morphological variability show a high degree of regional variation within the species in tooth morphology. Cranial (not dental) material is not treated here, while the fragments of long bones, still helpful to analyze the fracturing techniques, are not suitable for a morphological study. However, the acropodium is well preserved and its morphology has been analyzed in detail.
2012
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