Cueva del Milodón. The hunting grounds of the Patagonian panther

Martin, Fabiana

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.05.005

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“…It also coincides with the range of Xen 30-12, but has bigger and smaller log area extremes than the Pampean case (de los Reyes et al, 2013). In addition, it compares well with the smaller marks from Cueva del Milodón (Martin, 2016);…”

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“…Various studies report that ursids leave scarce to abundant teeth marks (Haynes, 1980(Haynes, , 1983Burke, 2013;Saladié et al, 2013;Arilla et al, 2014;Sala & Arsuaga, 2016). In contrast, felids tend to make fewer marks on the bones since they feed exclusively on meat (Christiansen & Wroe, 2007;Sala & Arsuaga, 2016), although they can leave important signs of predation (Haynes, 1983;Marean & Ehrhardt, 1995;Martin 2008Martin , 2016Domínguez-Rodrigo et al, 2012;Kaufmann et al, 2016;Sala & Arsuaga, 2016). Finally, canids can make a great number of intervention marks (Haynes, 1982(Haynes, , 1983Yravedra et al, 2011;Burke, 2013;Domínguez-Rodrigo et al, 2012;Sala, Arsuaga & Haynes, 2014;Sala and Arsuaga 2016).…”

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“…(Perissodactyla, Equidae) show carnivore marks (Politis et al, 2016). In Patagonia, the jaguar Panthera onca mesembrina (Carnivora, Felidae, Pantherinae) was reportedly responsible for interventions involving the ground sloth Mylodontidae (Xenarthra, Tardigrada) and Hippidion groups (Martin, 2008(Martin, , 2016, and a member of Felidae produced marks on mastodont (Mammalia, Proboscidea; Gomphotheriidae) bones (Labarca et al, 2014) during the late Pleistocene. In Brazil, two sites have been described where the small canid Protocyon troglodytes (Carnivora, Canidae) presumably scavenged the carcasses of two mastodons, Notiomastodon platensis (Proboscidea, Gomphotheriidae), the giant ground sloths Eremotherium laurillardi (Tardigrada, Megatheriidae) and Glossotherium (Tardigrada, Mylodontidae) (de Araújo Júnior, de PeerJ reviewing PDF | (2016:11:14461:1:2:CHECK 6 Feb 2017)…”

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Peer Review #2 of "Direct evidence of megamammal-carnivore interaction decoded from bone marks in historical fossil collections from the Pampean region (v0.1)"

2017

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Pleistocene South American megafauna has traditionally attracted the interest of scientists and the popular media alike. However, ecological interactions between the species that inhabited these ecosystems, such as predator-prey relationships or interspecific competition, are poorly known. To this regard, carnivore marks imprinted on the fossil bones of megamammal remains are very useful for deciphering biological activity, and hence, potential interspecific relationships among taxa. In this article, we study historical fossil collections housed in different European and Argentinean museums that were excavated during the 19 th and early 20 th centuries in the Pampean region, Argentina, in order to detect carnivore marks on bones of megamammals and provide crucial information on the ecological relationships between South American taxa during the Pleistocene. Our results indicate that the long bones of megafauna from the Pampean region (e.g., the Mylodontidae and Toxodontidae families) exhibit carnivore marks. Furthermore, long bones of smaller species and indeterminate bones also present punctures, pits, scores and fractures. Members of the large-carnivore guild, such as ursids, canids and even felids, are recognised as the main agents that inflicted the marks. We hypothesize that the analysed carnivore marks represent the last stages of megaherbivore carcass exploitation, suggesting full consumption of these animals by the same or multiple taxa in a hunting and/or scavenging scenario. Moreover, our observations provide novel insights that help further our understanding of the palaeoecological relationships of these unique communities of megamammals.

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“…Studies carried out in different time periods are reconnected, historical information surrounding the conformation of the collections is rescued and new information is obtained. In this sense, in the last decades, the collections of lithics, ceramics and fossil materials started to be used in current study programs [6,20,[24][25][27][28]. Consequently, these materials are proving to be a necessary option to produce novel knowledge for present and future studies regarding our past behavior.…”

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“…Consequently, collections originated during the 19th century or before are a valuable resource to be restudied with present-day methodologies. As this material has been interpreted in a faraway historical and scientific context, they are susceptible of having new information, or previous Going back to collections: a study case of the Florentino Ameghino collection housed in the Museo de La Plata (Argentina) interpretations can be reviewed under the light of new methodological approaches [6,20,[23][24][25][26][27][28]. Therefore, with the incorporation of the taphonomical background and zooarchaeological concepts [19,[21][22]29], the initial interpretations of these historical collections are out-of date.…”

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Going back to collections: a study case of the Florentino Ameghino collection housed in the Museo de La Plata (Argentina)

Chichkoyan

2019

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The historical Florentino Ameghino collection housed in the Museo de La Plata (Argentina) joined the 19th century international discussion about human antiquity. The collection comprises bones with evidences of anthropic modification from alleged Tertiary beds associated with extinct animals. According to the Argentinean naturalist Florentino Ameghino, these evidences proved the early presence of humans in the South America's Southern cone. This analysis rules out the proposed intentionality behind the anthropic traces. Instead, most of the materials were remains of broken bones for marrow extraction. The revision of these historical collections is therefore crucial for obtaining up-to-date information to advance in current researches as methodologies to study them had highly developed in the last century. In this sense, museum collections become an alternative and powerful firsthand tool that preserves our non-renewable record of the past. ResumoA colecção histórica Florentino Ameghino, alojada no Museu de La Plata (Argentina), fez parte da discussão internacional do século XIX sobre a antiguidade humana. A colecção compreende ossos, de alegados estratos do período Terciário associados a animais extintos, com marcas de modificação antrópica. Segundo o naturalista argentino Florentino Ameghino, essas evidências comprovavam a presença precoce de seres humanos no cone sul da América do Sul. Esta análise descarta a intencionalidade dos traços antrópicos. Em vez disso, considera que a maioria dos materiais eram restos de ossos quebrados para extracção de medula óssea. A revisão dessas colecções históricas é, portanto, crucial para obter informações actualizadas que permitam avançar as pesquisas atuais, pois as metodologias para estudá-las foram significativamente desenvolvidas no último século. Nesse sentido, as colecções de museus tornam-se uma alternativa e uma poderosa ferramenta de primeira mão que preserva o nosso registo não renovável do passado. Going back to collections: a study case of the Florentino Ameghino collection housed in the Museo de La Plata (Argentina)De volta às colecções: o caso da colecção Florentino Ameghino do Museu de La Plata (Argentina)

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