The dawn of the Late Villafranchian: Paleoenvironment and age of the Pantalla paleontological site (Italy; Early Pleistocene)

Cherin, Marco; Basilici, Giorgio; Duval, Mathieu; Shao, Qingfeng; Sier, Mark J.; Parés, Josep M.; Gliozzi, Elsa; Mazzini, Ilaria; Magri, Donatella; Di Rita, Federico; Iurino, Dawid A.; Azzarà, Beatrice; Margaritelli, Giulia; Pazzaglia, Fausto

doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108279

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“…Remains assigned to S. strozzii are already known from some localities older than 2 Ma, but none of them include more than a handful of specimens [13]-though Senèze yielded an almost complete skeleton [70]. To the list of early occurrences of S. strozzii discussed by Iannucci [13] (Saint Vallier, Valdeganga II, Coste San Giacomo, Quercia, and Vigna Nuova) should be added Pantalla, which has recently been recognized as older than previously assumed, at ~2.2 Ma [91]. Even in the case of Pantalla, S. strozzii is represented only by a hemimandible [31].…”

Section: Abundance and Frequency Of Suids In The Early Pleistocene Of...mentioning

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The Occurrence of Suids in the Post-Olduvai to Pre-Jaramillo Pleistocene of Europe and Implications for Late Villafranchian Biochronology and Faunal Dynamics

Iannucci

2024

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It has been proposed that suids were absent from Europe during the post-Olduvai to pre-Jaramillo Early Pleistocene (from less than 1.8 to more than 1.2 Ma) and that their “re-appearance” in the late Early Pleistocene would mark the end of the late Villafranchian and the beginning of the Epivillafranchian. Arguments enumerated in favor of this “suid gap” are the lack of suid remains from extensively sampled fossil localities of this age and the high reproductive potential (r-strategy) of suids, which would translate in a high commonness of their remains in the fossil record. However, here it shown that while suids’ reproductive potential is certainly exceptional within artiodactyls, there is no direct relationship between the reproductive strategy and preservation rate of a taxon in the fossil record. In Early Pleistocene localities of Europe and adjoining areas, where suids are present in a fossil assemblage, they are always rare. In terms of number of occurrences (frequency), suids range from being moderately common (~2.0–1.8 Ma) to moderately rare (~1.1–1.0 Ma). Suid material is also described herein from Peyrolles (Issoire, France; reference locality for MNQ 19), a site dated at 1.47 Ma, providing direct evidence for the presence of suids within the purported “suid gap”. The case of suids underlines an important source of caveat in inferring faunal dynamics of the late Early Pleistocene of western Europe—including the dispersal of hominins—i.e., the unequal geographical distribution of the paleontological sites of post-Olduvai to pre-Jaramillo age. Indeed, Peyrolles is the only large mammal site in western Europe located outside the Iberian and Italian Peninsulas reliably dated around 1.5 Ma. In the post-Olduvai to pre-Jaramillo period, there is a paucity of radiometric estimates (or they have too coarse a resolution) and of paleomagnetic excursions detectable in continental deposits. Basically, for this time span, there is a high dependence on biochronological correlations, although, at the same time, these correlations are less reliable—because these are based on a few sites not covering the entire spectrum of environments present in Europe and the sites are not independently dated with methods that outperform biochronology—than those for other periods.

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Section: Abundance and Frequency Of Suids In The Early Pleistocene Of...mentioning

confidence: 99%

The Occurrence of Suids in the Post-Olduvai to Pre-Jaramillo Pleistocene of Europe and Implications for Late Villafranchian Biochronology and Faunal Dynamics

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2024

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Neuroanatomy and palaeoecology of the Early Pleistocene Dama-like deer from Pirro Nord (Apulia, Italian Peninsula)

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The dawn of the Late Villafranchian: Paleoenvironment and age of the Pantalla paleontological site (Italy; Early Pleistocene)

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The Occurrence of Suids in the Post-Olduvai to Pre-Jaramillo Pleistocene of Europe and Implications for Late Villafranchian Biochronology and Faunal Dynamics

The Occurrence of Suids in the Post-Olduvai to Pre-Jaramillo Pleistocene of Europe and Implications for Late Villafranchian Biochronology and Faunal Dynamics

Neuroanatomy and palaeoecology of the Early Pleistocene Dama-like deer from Pirro Nord (Apulia, Italian Peninsula)

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