Stephanorhinus fossil map
Where fossils of Stephanorhinus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 9.67 million years ago to the present (Tortonian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Rhinocerotidae |
| Named by | Kretzoi 1942 |
| Fossil records | 452 occurrences at 171 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Spain, Greece, Italy, France, Romania, Germany, United Kingdom, Hungary, Netherlands, Slovakia … |
| Rock formations | txn:43187, Cromer Forest Bed, Bahe, Platanochori, 'Ubeidiya, Gerakarou |
About Stephanorhinus
Stephanorhinus is an extinct genus of two-horned rhinoceros native to Eurasia and North Africa that lived from Late Miocene or Pliocene until their extinction in the Late Pleistocene. Species of Stephanorhinus were the predominant and often only species of rhinoceros in much of temperate Eurasia, especially Europe, for most of the Pleistocene. The last two species of Stephanorhinus – Merck's rhinoceros (S. kirchbergensis) and the narrow-nosed rhinoceros (S. hemitoechus) – went extinct during the latter half of the last glacial period.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Stephanorhinus (revision 1379381665), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q14551210.
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