Biology:Rhinoceros binagadensis
| Rhinoceros binagadensis | |
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| Skeleton at the Hasanbey Zardabi Natural History Museum Baku, Azerbaijan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Perissodactyla |
| Family: | Rhinocerotidae |
| Genus: | Rhinoceros |
| Species: | †R. binagadensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rhinoceros binagadensis Dzhafarov, 1955
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thumb|Skull at [[Museum of History of Azerbaijan, Baku]]
Rhinoceros binagadensis, sometimes called Dicerorhinus binagadensis, is an extinct species of rhinoceros that lived in the second half of the Last Glacial Period.[1] The remains were discovered in 1938 at the Binagadi asphalt lake in the southeast of the Binagadi village, on the Absheron Peninsula of Azerbaijan.[2][3]
This species was first described in 1955 (and more in 1960) by Rahimbek Dzhafarov.[4] Like modern rhinos, Binagadi had two elongated horns located one after the other. The teeth of the Binagadi rhinoceros distinguish it from the Asian species and bring it closer to the African ones.[5] Major injury to the rib cage of a R. binagadensis specimen was examined and described by Gadzhiev and Gadzhiev (1951).[6] Its status as an independent species has been considered doubtful, with A.V. Shpansky noting in that numerous aspects the fossil is very similar to woolly rhinoceros and is possibly a member of that species.[7]
In 2010, the skeleton of this rhino was exhibited in Naples at the Città della Scienza Science Museum.[8]
References
- ↑ Р. Д. Джафаров. (1955). Новый представитель четвертичных носорогов бинагадинской фауны. Бинагадинское местонахождение четвертичной флоры и фауны: Издательство Академии Наук Азербайджанской ССР. p. 54. http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/pdf_files/132/1326124902.pdf.
- ↑ "Kərgədan kəlləsi" (in az). azhistorymuseum.gov.az. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210305141840/http://azhistorymuseum.gov.az/az/exhibit/30. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ↑ Səid Hüseynov (March 6, 2013). "Binəqədidə fauna və flora qəbiristanlığı" (in az). kaspi.az. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210611113052/https://kaspi.az/az/az/bineqedide-fauna-ve-flora-qebiristanlii-fotolar/config.xml. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ↑ "Научные исследования музея". Официальный сайт Института геологии Национальной академии наук Азербайджана. Archived from the original on 2022-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20220606051429/https://www.gia.az/view.php?lang=ru.
- ↑ "Binəqədi faunası" (in az). ecostyle.az. Archived from the original on December 25, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091225211318/http://www.ecostyle.az/ekologiya.asp?id=43. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
- ↑ Garutt, N. (1997). "Traumatic skull damages in the woolly rhinoceros, Coelodonta antiquitatis Blumenbach, 1799". Cranium 14 (1): 37–46.
- ↑ Shpansky, Andrey Valerievich (2017). "Вопросы палеозоогеографии носорога Мерка (Stephanorhinus kirchbergensis Jager 1839) (Rhinocerotidae, Mammalia) | Геосферные исследования. 2017. № 3. DOI: 10.17223/25421379/4/9 / Геосферные исследования (Геосферные исследования)" (in ru). http://journals.tsu.ru/geo/&journal_page=archive&id=1625&article_id=38254. "Fundamental parameters of the skull, lower jaw, teeth and of the postcranial skeleton show its similarity with Coelodonta antiquitatis."
- ↑ Dicerorhinus binagadensis (Dzhafarov, 1955)
Wikidata ☰ Q4086826 entry
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