scholarly journals Stable isotopic and mesowear reconstructions of paleodiet and habitat of the Middle and Late Pleistocene mammals in south-western Germany

2020 ◽  
Vol 227 ◽  
pp. 106026
Author(s):  
Pushkina Diana ◽  
Saarinen Juha ◽  
Ziegler Reinhard ◽  
Bocherens Hervé
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Stable Isotopic ◽  
Western Germany ◽  
Middle And Late Pleistocene ◽  
Pleistocene Mammals

Pleistocene ungulates from the Bow River gravels at Cochrane, Alberta

1968 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1467-1488 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. S. Churcher
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus ◽  
Ovis Canadensis ◽  
Southern United States ◽  
Rangifer Tarandus Caribou ◽  
Cervus Canadensis ◽  
North Bank ◽  
Middle And Late Pleistocene

Five ungulates are reported from gravels comprising the second major terrace above the Bow River's north bank at Cochrane, Alberta. These ungulates are Cervus canadensis (wapiti), Rangifer tarandus (caribou), Ovis canadensis (mountain sheep), Bison occidentalis (extinct western bison), and Equus conversidens (extinct Mexican ass). E. conversidens was previously known from middle and late Pleistocene beds of the southern United States and Mexico and is here reported from the post-Wisconsin Pleistocene of Alberta and possibly Saskatchewan. Radiocarbon analysis of Bison bones from the gravels yielded two dates that averaged 11 065 B.P.

scholarly journals PALAEOCLIMATIC EVOLUTION IN LOUTRA ARIDEAS CAVE (ALMOPIA SPELEOPARK, MACEDONIA, N. GREECE) BY STABLE ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF FOSSIL BEAR BONES AND TEETH

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 958
Author(s):  
N. Zisi ◽  
E. Dotsika ◽  
E. Tsoukala ◽  
A. Giannakopoulos ◽  
D. Psomiadis
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Climatic Variations ◽  
Stable Isotopic Analysis ◽  
Diagenetic Processes ◽  
Stable Isotopic ◽  
Oxygen Stable Isotope ◽  
Carbonate Matrix ◽  
Age Range ◽  
Palaeoclimatic Reconstruction

Carbon and oxygen stable isotope values (δ13C, δ18O) were obtained from structural carbonate in the bioapatite of bear bones (Ursus ingressus) from Loutra Arideas cave, Almopia Speleopark, Macedonia, N. Greece. Samples of Late Pleistocene bear bones were studied for palaeoclimatic reconstruction of the area. The age range of the fossil layers is from 32ka BP to a maximum of 38ka BP. Generally, the palaeoclimatic proxy is correlated with literature data for climatic variations in the area during Late Pleistocene, whereas dietary behavior was investigated taking into account possible diagenetic processes that may have affected the carbonate matrix of the bones.

scholarly journals Glacial history and palaeo-environmental change of southern Taimyr Peninsula, Arctic Russia, during the Middle and Late Pleistocene

2019 ◽  
Vol 196 ◽  
pp. 102832 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Möller ◽  
Ívar Örn Benediktsson ◽  
Johanna Anjar ◽  
Ole Bennike ◽  
Martin Bernhardson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Change ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Taimyr Peninsula ◽  
Glacial History ◽  
Middle And Late Pleistocene ◽  
Arctic Russia

scholarly journals Gigantic lion, Panthera leo, from the Pleistocene of Natodomeri, eastern Africa

2017 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fredrick K. Manthi ◽  
Francis H. Brown ◽  
Michael J. Plavcan ◽  
Lars Werdelin
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Size Increase ◽  
Panthera Leo ◽  
Great Size ◽  
Middle And Late Pleistocene

AbstractThe partial skull of a lion from Natodomeri, northwest Kenya is described. The Natodomeri sites are correlated with Member I of the Kibish Formation, dated to between 195 ka and ca. 205 ka. The skull is remarkable for its very great size, equivalent to the largest cave lions (Panthera spelaea [Goldfuss, 1810]) of Pleistocene Eurasia and much larger than any previously known lion from Africa, living or fossil. We hypothesize that this individual represents a previously unknown population or subspecies of lion present in the late Middle and Late Pleistocene of eastern Africa rather than being an indication of climate-driven size increase in lions of that time. This raises questions regarding the extent of our understanding of the pattern and causes of lion evolution in the Late Pleistocene.

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