Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis Wholly Rhino Tooth from Germany

Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis

Class Mammalia, Order Perissodactyla, Family Rhinocerotidae

Geological Time: Pleistocene

Size: Fossil molar is 2 5/8 x 2 ¼ x 2”

Fossil Site: Em Stage, River Rhine, Worms, Germany

Fossil Code: PFV372

Price: Sold


Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis Wholly Rhino Tooth from Germany Fossils for SaleDescription: Presented is a robust Rhino molar. It is sturdy and solid. The molar is complete with good color, enamel and presence.Woolly rhinoceros

The rhinoceros Merck (Dicerorhinus kirchbergensis) is an extinct species of rhinoceros well known from dozens of Pleistocene fossils found in much of Europe and Asia, ranging from Portugal to China. This animal belonged to the genus Dicerorhinus that now only survives as the Sumatran rhino, and is in danger of extinction. Merck's rhinoceros (so named because at one time it was named Dicerorhinus merckii) inhabited forest ecosystems with abundant water, feeding on shrubs and low tree branches. To do so, it had a beaked lip similar to the African black rhinoceros. This specialization allowed the Merck's rhinoceros to survive in another rhino habitat, the steppe.

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