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A new species of dog from the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Orce, Baza Basin, Spain)

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    Identifier: imarina:9202559
    Authors:
    Martinez-Navarro, BienvenidoBartolini Lucenti, SaverioPalmqvist, PaulRos-Montoya, SergioMadurell-Malapeira, JoanPatrocinio Espigares, M.
    Abstract:
    The site of Venta Micena (Orce, Spain), c. 1.6 Ma, preserves one the best paleontological records of the early Pleistocene large mammals fauna in Europe. Here we describe the specimens of the genus Canis Linnaeus, 1758 in the context of the late Villafranchian and Epivillafranchian fossil dogs from Eurasia. Anatomical and metric data suggest that the Venta Micena Canis form differs from the classical records of Canis etruscus Forsyth Major, 1877 and Canis arnensis Del Campana, 1913, and that it forms part of the younger Canis mosbachensis Soergel (1925) lineage, also recorded in two slightly younger sites of the Orce site complex, Barranco Leon and Fuente Nueva-3, dated to c. 1.4 Ma. The anatomy of the Venta Micena fossil material shows features that resemble the Canis forms from the Caucasian site of Dmanisi, dated to 1.8 Ma, and Canis ex gr. C. mosbachensis. Nevertheless, dental peculiarities support the creation of a new chrono-species, Canis orcensis n. sp., from the town of Orce. Morphological and paleoecological data suggest that this species probably consumed more vertebrate flesh than other similar sized early Pleistocene canids (i.e., a trend to hypercarnivory), which had more omnivorous dietary habits.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Martinez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Bartolini Lucenti, Saverio; Palmqvist, Paul; Ros-Montoya, Sergio; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Patrocinio Espigares, M.;
    Department: Història i Història de l'Art
    URV's Author/s: Martínez Navarro, Bienvenido
    Keywords: Quaternary Prey selection Pirro nord New species Late villafranchian Late miocene Human occupation Fossil Evolution Europe Early pleistocene Dispersal Carnivora Canis orcensis n. sp. Canis orcensis n. sp Canids mammalia Canidae
    Abstract: The site of Venta Micena (Orce, Spain), c. 1.6 Ma, preserves one the best paleontological records of the early Pleistocene large mammals fauna in Europe. Here we describe the specimens of the genus Canis Linnaeus, 1758 in the context of the late Villafranchian and Epivillafranchian fossil dogs from Eurasia. Anatomical and metric data suggest that the Venta Micena Canis form differs from the classical records of Canis etruscus Forsyth Major, 1877 and Canis arnensis Del Campana, 1913, and that it forms part of the younger Canis mosbachensis Soergel (1925) lineage, also recorded in two slightly younger sites of the Orce site complex, Barranco Leon and Fuente Nueva-3, dated to c. 1.4 Ma. The anatomy of the Venta Micena fossil material shows features that resemble the Canis forms from the Caucasian site of Dmanisi, dated to 1.8 Ma, and Canis ex gr. C. mosbachensis. Nevertheless, dental peculiarities support the creation of a new chrono-species, Canis orcensis n. sp., from the town of Orce. Morphological and paleoecological data suggest that this species probably consumed more vertebrate flesh than other similar sized early Pleistocene canids (i.e., a trend to hypercarnivory), which had more omnivorous dietary habits.
    Thematic Areas: Paleontology Geociências Ciências biológicas i Biodiversidade
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: bienvenido.martinez@urv.cat
    Record's date: 2024-07-27
    Journal volume: 20
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/20/17
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Comptes Rendus Palevol. 20 (17): 297-314
    APA: Martinez-Navarro, Bienvenido; Bartolini Lucenti, Saverio; Palmqvist, Paul; Ros-Montoya, Sergio; Madurell-Malapeira, Joan; Patrocinio Espigares, M.; (2021). A new species of dog from the Early Pleistocene site of Venta Micena (Orce, Baza Basin, Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol, 20(17), 297-314. DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2021v20a17
    Article's DOI: 10.5852/cr-palevol2021v20a17
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2021
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Paleontology
    Quaternary
    Prey selection
    Pirro nord
    New species
    Late villafranchian
    Late miocene
    Human occupation
    Fossil
    Evolution
    Europe
    Early pleistocene
    Dispersal
    Carnivora
    Canis orcensis n. sp.
    Canis orcensis n. sp
    Canids mammalia
    Canidae
    Paleontology
    Geociências
    Ciências biológicas i
    Biodiversidade
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