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.

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 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

Late Pleistocene to Holocene human palaeoecology in the tropical environments of coastal eastern Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 537 ◽  
pp. 109438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Roberts ◽  
Mary E. Prendergast ◽  
Anneke Janzen ◽  
Ceri Shipton ◽  
James Blinkhorn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Eastern Africa ◽  
Tropical Environments ◽  
Late Pleistocene To Holocene

Soft rock pediments in South Moravia, Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
Vol 91 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 215-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Czudek
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Soft Rock ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Cold Climate ◽  
Middle And Late Pleistocene ◽  
South Moravia

AbstractSoft rock pediments developed in South Moravia in some places as early as the Tertiary, in other places as late as the Pleistocene. Depending on local environmental factors the pediments developed either due to backwearing or downwearing. The most suitable conditions for the evolution of the Pleistocene pediments were during transitional periods between warm and cold climate phases and especially during periglacial conditions between cold and warm periods in the Middle and Late Pleistocene. In agricultural landscapes, the studied relief features continue to develop also at present.

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