Late Early to late Middle Pleistocene medium-sized deer from the Italian Peninsula: implications for taxonomy and biochronology-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Late Early to late Middle Pleistocene medium-sized deer from the Italian Peninsula: implications for taxonomy and biochronology

Published:2023-08-09 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:1867-1594
Container-title:Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
language:en
Short-container-title:Palaeobio Palaeoenv

Author:

Mecozzi Beniamino^ORCID,Sardella Raffaele^ORCID,Breda Marzia^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe taxonomy of Quaternary medium-sized deer from Europe rests mainly on antler morphology, while adequate dental and postcranial diagnostic features are lacking. When complete antlers are not available, the taxonomic identifications are often attempted on chronological ground. A considerable number of mostly unpublished craniodental and postcranial remains of fallow deer from selected Italian sites from the late Early Pleistocene to the late Middle Pleistocene is here presented and discussed. The aim of this work is to test the validity of the diagnostic characters proposed in literature and to explore the variability of the fallow deer taxa. In addition, the analysis of the two reference samples from Riano and Ponte Molle allows to refine the features of Dama clactoniana. Finally, biometric comparison has been performed in order to investigate possible oscillations across time and/or differences among taxa.

Funder

Grandi Scavi 2019, Sapienza University of Rome

Grandi Scavi 2020, Sapienza University of Rome

Progetti per Avvio alla Ricerca - Tipo 2 anno 2022, Sapienza University of Rome

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Paleontology,Geology,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Global and Planetary Change

Link

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s12549-023-00583-1.pdf

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