A Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Middle-Late Holocene landscapes of the Brazilian Northeast (Bahia): submerged cave deposits and stable isotopes

Salles, Leandro de Oliveira; Perini, Fernando A.; Neto, Carlos Rodrigues de Moraes; Sicuro, Fernando Lencastre; Arroyo-Cabrales, Joaquı́n; Guedes, Patrícia Gonçalves; Laureano, Fernando Verassani; Calvo, Emílio Manuel; Oliveira, Luiz Flamarion B.; Cordeiro, José Luís Passos; Pérez-Crespo, Víctor Adrián; Morales-Puente, Pedro; Anjos, Luciano J S; Pontual, Francisco Boavista; Costa, Kayo Ritter da; Santos, Caio Márcio Sorrentino de Freitas Farias dos; Lopes, Ricardo Tadeu; Almeida, Luís Henrique Sapiensa; Lobo, Leonardo Souza; Toledo, Peter Mann de

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“…El linaje Puma está integrado por los félidos sudamericanos actuales Puma concolor y Herpailurus yagouaroundi Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803 junto con la especie africana Acinonyx jubatus (Schreber, 1775), conformando así un grupo monofilético, el cual, según datos moleculares, se diferenció de los restantes grupos de felinos hace unos 6,7 Ma (Johnson et al, 2006;Werdelin et al, 2010;Saremi et al, 2019;ver también Kitchener et al, 2017;Chimento y Dondas, 2017;Prevosti y Forasiepi, 2018). Los registros fósiles de Puma concolor se extienden desde el Pleistoceno Temprano-Medio en Argentina hasta el Pleistoceno Tardío y Holoceno en Argentina, Brasil, Perú, Ecuador, Uruguay y con dudas en Chile (Ubilla, 1985(Ubilla, , 2004Labarca, 2015;Chimento y Dondas, 2017;Prevosti y Forasiepi, 2018;Eltink et al, 2020;Salles et al, 2020). Por otro lado, H. yagouaroundi está registrado para el Pleistoceno Tardío de Brasil y con dudas para Argentina y Bolivia (Prevosti y Forasiepi, 2018;Ercoli et al, 2019).…”

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Nuevo registro de Puma concolor Linnaeus, 1771 (Carnivora, Felidae) para el Pleistoceno Tardío de Uruguay y su importancia paleoecológica

Manzuetti

Jones²,

Ubilla

et al. 2022

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Felidae entered South America from North America during the Ensenadan Stage/Age (Early to Middle Pleistocene). For Uruguay their fossil record is scarce but informative, although mostly correspond to large felids (Smilodon, Panthera onca). In this work describes fossil remain of a skull and a mandible assigned, based on morphology and statistical analysis, to Puma concolor. These materials were unearthed from Late Pleistocene sediments (Sopas Formation) from northern Uruguay. Based on these remains some paleobiological and paleoecological aspects are discussed. This specimen had a body mass of about 45 kg, with the potential capacity to hunt animals over 200 kg, which is in agreement with previous reports for other fossil puma remains. During Late Pleistocene, in the current territory of Uruguay, Puma concolor would have shared ecological niche with other large carnivore such as sabre-tooth cats (Smilodon populator, S. fatalis), the jaguar Panthera onca, the canid Protocyon troglodytes, and short-faced bears Arctotherium, feeding upon medium-sized animals in diverse environment.

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“…Cabe destacar que la mayor parte del conocimiento sobre los Felidae fósiles corresponde a los taxones de mayor talla (como por ejemplo Smilodon Lund, 1842 o Panthera onca), en tanto Puma concolor es menos registrado (Shockey et al, 2009;Werdelin et al, 2010;Ercoli et al, 2019;Salles et al, 2020).…”

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Nuevo registro de Puma concolor Linnaeus, 1771 (Carnivora, Felidae) para el Pleistoceno Tardío de Uruguay y su importancia paleoecológica

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Jones²,

Ubilla

et al. 2022

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Elemental characterization of aPuma concolorfossil by non‐destructive X‐ray techniques

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Over the lifetime of an animal, metabolic processes in the body maintain bone tissues in a dynamic state of equilibrium. After the death of the organism, bone tissues undergo diagenesis, an intense transformation that affects its physicochemical constitution. Although many recent works have greatly contributed to the understanding of the processes surrounding diagenesis, there is still much yet to be understood about this multifaceted phenomena. In this work, XRF and microCT were used to characterize the specimen elemental configuration and investigate the fossilization process of a recovered Puma concolor (cranium, mandible and teeth elements), found submerged in a lake in the Impossível‐Ioiô Cave System (Bahia, Brazil). MicroCT enabled the identification of the density distribution throughout the specimens, which were used as reference to XRF analyses. The XRF spectra of the analyzed specimen showed the presence of 11 elements: P, Cl, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Br, Sr, Y and Hg. Yttrium counts proved to be regular throughout the specimen surface and decreased in the interface between bone surface and interior, evidencing their correspondence to sample environmental exposure. Furthermore, a correlation between fossil surface coloration, element configuration and density is presented. The relatively low presence of Fe and Y in the enamel elicits its elementary and structural preservation. The combined results contribute to the understanding of the physicochemical process of paleomastozoological fossilization, further enriching the comprehension of the process of fossilization in a submerged environment.

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First fossil record of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in northeast of Brazil: Taxonomy, ichnology, and taphonomic history

Leoni,

Alves-Silva,

Costa

et al. 2024

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

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A Puma concolor (Carnivora: Felidae) in the Middle-Late Holocene landscapes of the Brazilian Northeast (Bahia): submerged cave deposits and stable isotopes

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Nuevo registro de Puma concolor Linnaeus, 1771 (Carnivora, Felidae) para el Pleistoceno Tardío de Uruguay y su importancia paleoecológica

Nuevo registro de Puma concolor Linnaeus, 1771 (Carnivora, Felidae) para el Pleistoceno Tardío de Uruguay y su importancia paleoecológica

Elemental characterization of aPuma concolorfossil by non‐destructive X‐ray techniques

First fossil record of a Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in northeast of Brazil: Taxonomy, ichnology, and taphonomic history

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