New Material and Revision of the Carnivora, Mammalia from the Lower Pleistocene Locality Apollonia 1, Greece

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ID9309847
AutoresGeorge D Koufos (0000-0001-9669-4884, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, autor correspondente)
Ano2018
Volume1
Fascículo1
Páginas6-6
Data de publicação2018-05-17
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQuaternary (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2571-550X • E-ISSN: 2571-550X
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/quat1010006
OpenAlexW2803208883
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas45

During the last field campaigns in the mammal fossiliferous site Apollonia 1 (Macedonia, Greece), new carnivoran material has been discovered. The new collection added two new carnivoran taxa, Homotherium latidens and Panthera gombaszögensis. The new canid material and the revision of the old one (a) suggest the presence of two Canis species, C. etruscus and C. apolloniensis; (b) confirm the presence of the hypercarnivore Lycaon lycaonoides, and (c) allow for re-classifying the vulpine material to Vulpes praeglacialis. The taxonomic status of the species C. apolloniensis and Meles dimitrius is discussed. The composition and diversity of the Apollonia carnivoran assemblage are estimated and compared to those of various Greek and European Villafranchian ones. The results suggest close similarity to the Venta Micena (Spain) and Dmanisi (Georgia) carnivoran assemblages. The biochronological evidence indicates that Apollonia 1 is younger than Venta Micena and older than Untermassfeld (Germany), suggesting an age of 1.3–1.0 Ma. The study of the carnivoran guild structure of Apollonia 1 in comparison to the modern ones from known environments, as well as their functional morphology, suggest an open habitat, agreeing with previous interpretations

Biology · Equidae · Guild · Habitat · Predation · Vulpes · Zoology · Evolution and Paleontology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology · Paleontology