Growth and life history of Middle Miocene deer (Mammalia, Cervidae) based on bone histology

Abstract

Please cite this article in press as:Amson, E., et al., Growth and life history of Middle Miocene deer (Mammalia, Cervidae) based on bone histology. C. R. Palevol (2015), http://dx. a b s t r a c tOur knowledge of the histology of the Cervidae (deer) was recently expanded with a work describing long bone and tooth histology of various taxa (Kolb et al., 2015a). Included in this study was the Miocene Procervulus, an early cervid whose growth rate was found to be especially low. The present study examines further "stem-cervid" bone histology in describing that of other Miocene taxa, Dicrocerus elegans and Euprox sp. With their inclusion in the dataset of Kolb et al. (2015a), we estimate the ancestral growth rates among cervids, and studied its correlation with body size. The skeletochronology of Dicrocerus suggests a relatively high growth rate for its body size differing from the condition of Procervulus and Euprox, and hence, documenting diversity in the life history traits of Miocene cervids.

Bone lesions in a Late Pleistocene assemblage of the insular deer Candiacervus sp.II from Liko cave (Crete, Greece)

“…Indeed, our histological observations indicate low growth rates in Candiacervus sp.II., compared to Megaloceros, Cervus, Alces, and Dama (displaying high growth rates), and Capreolus and Muntiacus (intermediate to low growth rates). Our results thus agree with those obtained by others (Amson et al, 2015;Kolb et al, 2015).…”

Calibration of life history traits with epiphyseal closure, dental eruption and bone histology in captive and wild red deer

“…This finding is supported by numerous histological studies in several mammalian groups such as primates (Castanet et al 2004;Castanet, 2006), rodents and lagomorphs Moncunill-Sol e et al 2016;Orlandi-Oliveras et al 2016) and ungulates K€ ohler et al 2012;Jordana et al 2016;Nacarino-Meneses et al 2016a,b;Orlandi-Oliveras et al 2018). Data about growth rates of extinct deer and their relation with LH have been obtained recently by means of the analysis of bone histology (Amson et al 2015;Kolb et al 2015a). However, a study of bone histology in extant deer emerges as essential and has not been performed so far to provide a firm basis for the interpretation of fossil deer.…”

“…Data about growth rates of extinct deer and their relation with LH have been obtained recently by means of the analysis of bone histology (Amson et al. ; Kolb et al. 2015a).…”

Comparative data on the differentiation and growth of bone ornamentation in gnathostomes (Chordata: Vertebrata)

“…The interpretations developed in this study are based on an assessment, at least in relative terms, of the rate of local bone accretion from the fine structure of the osseous tissue. For this purpose we refer, on the one hand, to the typology and nomenclature of bone tissues proposed by Francillon‐Vieillot et al () and, on the other hand, to the results of experimental studies on the relationships between growth rate and bone structure (e.g., Amprino, ; Castanet et al, ; Margerie et al, ; Cubo et al, ; Kolb et al, ), which are broadly acknowledged, as shown by the fact that they have been used to infer growth rates in extinct taxa (e.g., Padian, ; Amson et al, ). In brief, apposition rate positively influences the three following features of bone tissue, and is grossly correlated with them: Degree of birefringence of the intercellular collagenous matrix.…”