Biochronological and paleobiogeographic implications of the Dama-like deer sample from the latest Early Pleistocene of Cal Guardiola (NE Iberia)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Different species of Dama -like deer usually included in the genus Pseudodama , occurred in the European Plio-Pleistocene. In this paper, the medium-sized cervid sample from the Cal Guardiola Section (NE Iberian Peninsula) is described. It exhibits notable similarities with other records referred to Pseudodama vallonnetensis from various late Early Pleistocene European sites, thus confirming the abundance of this taxon in the faunal associations of this period. Here, we review the spatial and temporal distribution of P . vallonnetensis in Europe and, in a broader framework, also the succession of Dama -like deer species during the entire Pleistocene, analyzing variations in body size and possible relationships between these and palaeoenvironmental conditions.
Source: Quaternary Science Advances
Authors: Elpiniki-Maria Parparousi, Leonardo Sorbelli, Marco Cherin, Marzia Breda, Alessandro Blasetti, Marco Peter Ferretti, Darío Fidalgo, Saverio Bartolini-Lucenti, Pierre-Élie Moullé, Bienvenido Martínez-Navarro, Lorenzo Rook, Joan Madurell-Malapeira
Institutions: University of Perugia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Museum für Naturkunde, Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, University of Padua, Università di Camerino, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, University of Florence, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,760
OpenAlex ID: W4413274448