A diagnosis of crocodile feeding traces on larger mammal bone, with fossil examples from the Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Basin, Tanzania

Njau, Jackson K.; Blumenschine, Robert J.

doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2005.08.008

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“…7). These marks resemble some hook-shaped marks reported for crocodiles (Njau and Blumenschine 2006) and also look similar to some of the tick-shaped marks reported for the Pliocene Dikika fossils (McPherron et al 2010).…”

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A taphonomic study of a carcass consumed by griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) and its relevance for the interpretation of bone surface modifications

Domínguez-Solera

Domı́nguez-Rodrigo

2011

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Vultures are ubiquitous taphonomic agents in most biomes. However, taphonomic studies of vultures are scarce and very little is known of the damage they cause to bone surfaces when consuming carcasses. This study presents the results of a taphonomic analysis of bones modified by griffon vultures. Although some marks created by these agents are diagnostically unique, others are extremely similar to modifications caused by other biostratinomic processes. This renders interpretations of marks on bones very problematic when these modifications are considered in isolation rather than at the assemblage and contextual levels.

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A taphonomic study of a carcass consumed by griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) and its relevance for the interpretation of bone surface modifications

Domínguez-Solera

Domı́nguez-Rodrigo

2011

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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“…The specimen has little abrasion but does exhibit some cracking. There are at least two perimortem puncture marks on the proximal ilium, one dorsal and one ventral, which we attribute to a crocodilian based on the distinctive shape of the punctures (18).…”

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A partial hominoid innominate from the Miocene of Pakistan: Description and preliminary analyses

Morgan

Lewton

Kelley

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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We describe a partial innominate, YGSP 41216, from a 12.3 Ma locality in the Siwalik Group of the Potwar Plateau in Pakistan, assigned to the Middle Miocene ape species Sivapithecus indicus. We investigate the implications of its morphology for reconstructing positional behavior of this ape. Postcranial anatomy of extant catarrhines falls into two distinct groups, particularly for torso shape. To an extent this reflects different although variable and overlapping positional repertoires: pronograde quadrupedalism for cercopithecoids and orthogrady for hominoids. The YGSP innominate (hipbone) is from a primate with a narrow torso, resembling most extant monkeys and differing from the broader torsos of extant apes. Other postcranial material of S. indicus and its younger and similar congener Sivapithecus sivalensis also supports reconstruction of a hominoid with a positional repertoire more similar to the pronograde quadrupedal patterns of most monkeys than to the orthograde patterns of apes. However, Sivapithecus postcranial morphology differs in many details from any extant species. We reconstruct a slow-moving, deliberate, arboreal animal, primarily traveling above supports but also frequently engaging in antipronograde behaviors. There are no obvious synapomorphic postcranial features shared exclusively with any extant crown hominid, including Pongo.Sivapithecus | innominate | Miocene hominoid | torso shape | positional behavior

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“…2). The inner surface of the impact pit shows crushing with semilunar breakage along the outer margin of the bite mark, which is indicative of an impact bite (NJAU & BLUMENSCHINE, 2006). Furthermore, the margin of the bite mark is bisected, which is typical of crocodilian bite marks (FRANZEN & FREY, 1993;DAVIDSON & SOLOMON, 1990;NJAU & BLU-MENSCHINE, 2006).…”

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Evidence of predation on the vertebra of a hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico

Rivera-Sylva¹,

Frey²,

Guzmán-Gutiérrez³

2009

Carnets De Géologie (Notebooks on Geology)

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Abstract:In sediments of the Aguja Formation (Late Cretaceous: Campanian) at La Salada in northern part of the state of Coahuila, Mexico, numerous fossils of vertebrates have been discovered including Hadrosauridae. One hadrosaur vertebra provides evidence of predation probably by a giant alligator Deinosuchus riograndensis.Key Words: Coahuila; Mexico; Late Cretaceous; Campanian; Alligatoridae; Deinosuchus; Hadrosauridae; predation.

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A diagnosis of crocodile feeding traces on larger mammal bone, with fossil examples from the Plio-Pleistocene Olduvai Basin, Tanzania

Cited by 197 publications

References 43 publications

A taphonomic study of a carcass consumed by griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) and its relevance for the interpretation of bone surface modifications

A taphonomic study of a carcass consumed by griffon vultures (Gyps fulvus) and its relevance for the interpretation of bone surface modifications

A partial hominoid innominate from the Miocene of Pakistan: Description and preliminary analyses

Evidence of predation on the vertebra of a hadrosaurid dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous (Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico

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