Les Carnivores du gisement Pliocène final de Saint-Vallier (Drôme, France)

Argant, Alain

doi:10.1016/s0016-6995(04)80013-5

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“…However, reliable finds of Canis, judging from isolated remains of these canids in St. Vallier (Argant, 2004) and Costa di S. Giacomo (Sardella & Palombo, 2007) are attributed by the end of Pliocene (near 2.2 Ma). In the Early Pleistocene, lepophagus-like canids might have migrated to Eurasia through Beringia and given rise to C. arnensis.…”

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“…The earliest fossil foxes are recorded in Europe in the middle Villafranchian (Les Etouaires, Villaroya, Saint-Vallier, Val dArno, Varshets, Dafnero 1) with V. alopecoides Forsyth Major (biochron MN16b-18;Bonifay, 1971;Spassov, 2003;Argant, 2004;Palombo & Vialli, 2004). Later, it was replaced by V. praeglacialis resembling in size the recent polar fox, but differing from it in the details of structure of the cheek teeth, including a larger m2 (Kormos, 1932).…”

Section: Praeglacialismentioning

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Pleistocene Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Paleolithic Kudaro caves in the Caucasus

Baryshnikov¹

2012

Rus.J.Theriol.

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Pleistocene Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Paleolithic Kudaro caves in the Caucasus

Baryshnikov¹

2012

Rus.J.Theriol.

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“…A close example could be the canid braincase MHNL 164.309 from Saint-Vallier, suspected by Argant (2004) to represent Canis. This Middle Villafranchian locality is also remarkable for at least nine skulls of Nyctereutes (Martin 1971), which may enable the assessment of gyral variation in a single population of extinct raccoon dogs.…”

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Brainy stuff of long-gone dogs: a reappraisal of the supposed Canis endocranial cast from the Pliocene of Poland

Ivanoff

Wolsan

Marciszak

2014

Naturwissenschaften

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The pre-Quaternary fossil record of Canis in the Old World is scarce, and the first appearance of this genus in Europe remains an enigma. Amongst the oldest fossils assigned to this genus, there is a natural cast of the brain (endocast) collected in Węże 1, Poland, from Pliocene deposits dated between 3.3 and 4.0 Ma. We reexamined this specimen and found that it differs from the brain of Canis in having its region medial to the coronal sulcus heart-shaped in dorsal view, its region rostral to the presylvian sulcus shorter and less constricted laterally, and its cerebellum less overlapped by the cerebrum and lacking a lateral twist of the posterior vermis. We identified this fossil, as well as another fossil canid endocast from Węże 1, as representing the raccoon dog genus Nyctereutes. The previously reported presence of Canis in Węże 1 is therefore not confirmed. Specifically, both endocasts can be referred to N. donnezani because this is the only species of Nyctereutes that has been recognised in this locality on the basis of craniomandibular and dental fossils. Our study represents a taxonomic application of comparative neuroanatomical and palaeoneurological data, an approach that may become increasingly useful with the growing knowledge of the endocranial morphology of fossil mammals.

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“…The earliest appearance of P. pardus in Europe could be the Early Pleistocene remains found at Le Vallonnet (Moull e et al, 2006), although most leopard identifications in ancient contexts have been questioned and the remains reassigned to Puma pardoides (Hemmer, 2001;Argant, 2004;Hemmer et al, 2004;Madurell-Malapeira et al, 2010;Cherin et al, 2013). The presence of other felines during this phase, such as the puma, jaguar or cheetah, could explain the later appearance of the leopard (Testu, 2006).…”

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Pleistocene leopards in the Iberian Peninsula: New evidence from palaeontological and archaeological contexts in the Mediterranean region

Sanchís¹,

Tormo²,

Sauqué

et al. 2015

Quaternary Science Reviews

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a b s t r a c tThis study analyses the fossil record of leopards in the Iberian Peninsula. According to the systematic and morphometric features of new remains, identified mainly in Late Pleistocene palaeontological and archaeological sites of the Mediterranean region, they can be attributed to Panthera pardus Linnaeus 1758. The findings include the most complete leopard skeleton from the Iberian Peninsula and one of the most complete in Europe, found in a chasm (Avenc de Joan Guit on) south of Valencia. The new citations and published data are used to establish the leopard's distribution in the Iberian Peninsula, showing its maximum development during the Late Pleistocene. Some references suggest that the species survived for longer here (Lateglacial-Early Holocene) than in other parts of Europe. Finally, the contexts of appearance and origin of leopard remains are described and the processes of interaction with prehistoric human groups are assessed.

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Les Carnivores du gisement Pliocène final de Saint-Vallier (Drôme, France)

Cited by 50 publications

References 18 publications

Pleistocene Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Paleolithic Kudaro caves in the Caucasus

Pleistocene Canidae (Mammalia, Carnivora) from the Paleolithic Kudaro caves in the Caucasus

Brainy stuff of long-gone dogs: a reappraisal of the supposed Canis endocranial cast from the Pliocene of Poland

Pleistocene leopards in the Iberian Peninsula: New evidence from palaeontological and archaeological contexts in the Mediterranean region

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