Pleistocene dhole (genus Cuon) populations from the Iberian Peninsula: morphometry, taxonomy and evolution

Sanchís, Alfred; Gómez‐Olivencia, Asier; Real, Cristina; Pérez, Leopoldo; Duarte, Elsa; Rasilla, Marco de la; Peris, Josep Fernández; Villaverde, Valentín; Ripoll, Manuel Pérez

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“…The history of the last European leopards is still incomplete. The supposed Holocene survival of P. pardus in Europe is still highly unresolved and based on quite unclear records-for example, Spassov and Raychev (1997), Bartosiewicz (2001Bartosiewicz ( , 2015, and Galik et al (2012) Ripoll et al 2010;Sanchis et al 2019Sanchis et al , 2020Marciszak et al 2021b).…”

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THE FIRST RADIOCARBON-DATED REMAINS OF THE LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF POLAND

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The Pleistocene history of the leopard (Panthera pardus) in Europe has been documented by the material obtained from 312 localities, with the last dated ∼1.1 Myr. The relatively small and gracile form of the leopard was very rare during the late Early and Middle Pleistocene. Only after the disappearance of the jaguar (Panthera gombaszoegensis) did P. pardus spread widely in Europe, increasing in size and ecologically substituting P. gombaszoegensis. The number of late Middle Pleistocene localities with leopard remains, younger than 300 kyr, increased considerably. The leopard reached the maximum extension of its geographical range in the Late Pleistocene. The Iberian Peninsula was the last European refuge for this cat. Six sites, the Naciekowa, Obok Wschodniej, Radochowska, and Wschodnia Caves from the Sudety Mountains and the Biśnik and Dziadowa Skała Caves from the Kraków-Częstochowa Upland, have documented the presence of the leopard in Poland between MIS 10/9 and MIS 3. These records are from rocky regions with rugged terrain and are located in the territory of Silesia (southern Poland). A newly obtained radiocarbon date (43–42 kyr) from the Radochowska Cave directly confirms the occurrence of P. pardus in the Sudety Mountains in the middle part of MIS 3.

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THE FIRST RADIOCARBON-DATED REMAINS OF THE LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF POLAND

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“…9) and a right M1 (489). The M1 shows the typical characteristics of Cuon and a size similar to the specimens from Obarreta, Zafarraya (Table 7) and Llonin (Asturias; Sanchis et al, 2020). The hemimandible presents small premolars with pointed cuspids and the anterior denticle on p4 (typical of Late Pleistocene dholes, and variable in Middle Pleistocene dholes) (Table 8).…”

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“…The closest parallel to this specimen is the dhole mandible from Cova Negra (Pérez-Ripoll et al, 2010), recently attributed to Cuon cf. priscus (Sanchis et al, 2020). This mandible was found in the Entrance slope, layer VII (Middle Pleistocene; MIS 8-7; Richard et al, 2019).…”

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“…The measurements of the m1 are close to the Middle Pleistocene dhole from Cova Negra recently identified as Cuon cf. priscus (Table 8; Sanchis et al, 2020). Two of these fossils (229, 230) are assigned to Cuon sp.…”

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“…Another possible parallel is the MIS 7c site of Mollet, which has also yielded a human fossil (Maroto et al, 2012;López-García et al, 2014). The best parallels for Koskobilo are larger, more complete stratigraphic sequences, such as the Middle Pleistocene assemblages from the Sierra de Atapuerca, especially Trinchera Galería (Rodríguez et al, 2011), and those present in the Iberian levant, at the site of Bolomor with the presence of Macaca, Cuon, Stephanorhinus and U. thibetanus (Sarrión Montañana and Fernández Peris, 2006;Blasco et al, 2010;Blasco and Fernández Peris, 2012;Sanchis et al, 2020).…”

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The Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) paleontological collection: New insights for the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Western Pyrenees

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The destroyed site(s) of Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) have yielded unique archaeopaleontological evidence in the Western Pyrenees region. The quarry uncovered a karstic site with faunal remains in 1940, and fossils were recovered both in situ and from the quarry dump. Ten years later, while the quarry was still working, a new visit to the dump yielded a large lithic assemblage and additional fossil remains with a different taphonomic pattern, which has been interpreted as the remains coming from a different site or zone within the same karst system. Here we re-study the paleontological evidence and provide new dating on a speleothem covering a Stephanorhinus hemitoechus tooth, which has yielded a minimum date of c. 220 ka for part of the assemblage. In total, the fossil assemblage comprises 38 mammal and six avian taxa and three fish remains. The faunal evidence indicates that in 1940 a mix of taxa from both the Middle and Upper Pleistocene were recovered, and it is difficult to assign most of them to a concrete period. However, based on biochronological criteria some of the identified taxa (e.g., Ursus thibetanus, Ursus cf. deningeri, Cuon cf. priscus, Macaca sylvanus, cf. Megaceroides) could be roughly contemporaneous with the dated rhino tooth, which would provide a new window to the Middle Pleistocene of the region, with deposits from MIS 7d and/or older. Despite the

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The first record of Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) from Poland and the possible impact of other large canids on the evolution of the species

Marciszak

Kropczyk

Lipecki

2021

J Quaternary Science

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The presence of Cuon alpinus in Poland is documented here for the first time. Between 650 and 450 ka, Lycaon lycaonoides dominated the open lands, while Cuon alpinus priscus tended to prefer forests, mountains and highlands. Canis mosbachensis coexisted in all these environments. Between 480 and 430 ka, there was a drastic reduction in the number and range of L. lycaonoides. The balance between canids was disturbed and a critical point in the lycaon–wolf relationship was passed. Probably between 450 and 400 ka, the lycaon was too rare to be a real competitor and a limiting factor for the wolf. It was also at this time that the lycaon disappeared completely. With disappearance of the lycaon from Eurasia, there was a slow increase in the body size of the wolf. Between 400 and 300 ka, the dhole and the wolf were still close in body size, but the wolf was slowly increasing in size. Between 300 and 250 ka, the wolf became the dominant dog species and took a niche occupied until then by the lycaon. Because of competition, C. alpinus decreased in body size and adapted to hunting and living in forest, mountain and highland environments.

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Pleistocene dhole (genus Cuon) populations from the Iberian Peninsula: morphometry, taxonomy and evolution

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THE FIRST RADIOCARBON-DATED REMAINS OF THE LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF POLAND

THE FIRST RADIOCARBON-DATED REMAINS OF THE LEOPARD PANTHERA PARDUS (LINNAEUS, 1758) FROM THE PLEISTOCENE OF POLAND

The Koskobilo (Olazti, Navarre, Northern Iberian Peninsula) paleontological collection: New insights for the Middle and Late Pleistocene in Western Pyrenees

The first record of Cuon alpinus (Pallas, 1811) from Poland and the possible impact of other large canids on the evolution of the species

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