Investigation of equid paleodiet from Schöningen 13 II-4 through dental wear and isotopic analyses: Archaeological implications

Rivals, Florent; Julien, Marie-Anne; Kuitems, Margot; Kolfschoten, Thijs van; Serangeli, Jordi; Drucker, Dorothée G.; Bocherens, Hervé; Conard, Nicholas J.

doi:10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.04.002

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“…These findings indicate that Equus ferus was an ecologically flexible species of equid which was able to thrive in various environments despite its general adaptation to grazing and usually very abrasion-dominated mesowear signal. The remarkable recent discovery of browse-dominated feeding in a Middle Pleistocene horse population from Schöningen, Germany (Rivals et al, 2015b) supports this conclusion, although in the light of the data presented here it must be considered exceptional. Nonetheless, this discovery further indicates that Pleistocene horses were more variable in their habitat and feeding than has usually been expected from their ecomorphological adaptations to grazing.…”

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Patterns of diet and body mass of large ungulates from the Pleistocene of Western Europe, and their relation to vegetation

Saarinen

Eronen

Seppä

et al. 2016

Palaeontologia Electronica

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Ungulate diets may vary following differences in vegetation, and their body size is affected by a complex set of ecological and physiological variables. Here we analyse Middle and Late Pleistocene British and German ungulate palaeocommunities to test whether there are significant correlations of diet and body size of ungulate species with vegetation openness. We also evaluate the role of interspecific interactions on the diet and body mass of the ungulate species. We use mesowear for dietary analyses and regression equations for estimating body mass from skeletal measures. The results show a correlation between ungulate mesowear and non-arboreal pollen percentages of the localities, but there are marked differences between species. Body masses of rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae) and deer (Cervidae) are on average higher in open environments, whereas aurochs (Bos primigenius) does not show clear connection of body size with vegetational conditions, and bison (Bison spp.) and wild horses (Equus ferus) have on average smaller mean size in more open ecosystems, possibly because of high population densities and resulting resource limitations. It is evident that the correlation of body size and vegetation openness is not straightforward and is likely to reflect the varying effects of population density, ecological adaptations and environmental conditions on body size in different species.

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Patterns of diet and body mass of large ungulates from the Pleistocene of Western Europe, and their relation to vegetation

Saarinen

Eronen

Seppä

et al. 2016

Palaeontologia Electronica

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“…Such studies identified patterns of variation in the Middle Pleistocene Equus lineage which were subsequently interpreted as ecomorphological adaptations (van Asperen, 2010;Saarinen et al, 2016). Since they were an important component of the large vertebrate fauna, Middle Pleistocene equids have also been included in broader studies of diet and habitat use (e.g., Bocherens et al, 1997;Rivals et al, 2008Rivals et al, , 2009García García et al, 2009;Feranec et al, 2010;Pushkina et al, 2014;Rivals and Lister, 2016;Uzunidis et al, 2017), resource partitioning and niche separation (Britton et al, 2012), and taphonomy (Rivals et al, 2015).…”

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“…Middle Pleistocene horses often have some of the highest mesowear scores, and therefore the most abrasive diets, among the species represented in the faunal assemblages (e.g., Rivals et al, 2008). However, occasionally horse populations show variation in mesowear, ranging from grazer to mixed feeder with a significant amount of browse in the diet (e.g., Rivals et al, 2009Rivals et al, , 2015. Interglacial horse assemblages are often characterized by a higher amount of variation in diet than glacial assemblages (Rivals et al, 2009).…”

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“…In contrast to their generally grazer-like mesowear signature, Middle Pleistocene horse microwear is more variable, ranging over the entire spectrum from grazer to browser (e.g., Rivals et al, 2009Rivals et al, , 2015Rivals and Lister, 2016). The same assemblage can have a grazer-like mesowear pattern but a browser-like microwear pattern, possibly due to seasonal variation in diet (Uzunidis et al, 2017).…”

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Biostratigraphy and Palaeoecology of European Equus

Boulbes

Van

2019

Front. Ecol. Evol.

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“…Stephanorhinus remains are known from Pliocene-Pleistocene deposits in western Europe (Gorjanovich-Kramberger, 1913;Belyaeva, 1935Belyaeva, , 1939Gromova, 1935;Guérin, 1980Guérin, , 1982Ziegler, 1995;Van der Made, 2010;Persico et al, 2015;Rivals et al, 2015) and eastern Europe (Beljaeva and David, 1975;Alekseeva, 1980;Danukalova et al, 2008). In Asia,…”

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Discovery of the skull ofStephanorhinus kirchbergensis(Jäger, 1839) above the Arctic Circle

Kirillova¹,

Чернова

Made

et al. 2017

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The skull of the extinct rhinocerosStephanorhinus kirchbergensis(Jäger, 1839) was discovered in the Chondon River valley (Arctic Yakutia, Russia) during the summer of 2014. This is the first find ofStephanorhinusabove the Arctic Circle, expanding significantly the known geographic range of the genus.14C dating and geologic evidence indicate that the skull dates to between 48,000 and 70,000 yr, corresponding to Marine Oxygen Isotope Stage 4/3. It is thus among the latest records of this species. To explore the evolutionary and natural history of this relatively unknown animal, we performed morphological, dietary, and genetic analyses. Phylogenetic inference based on a complete mitochondrial genome sequence confirms the systematic placement ofStephanorhinusas most closely related to the extinct woolly rhinoceros,Coelodonta. Food remains in the fossas of the cheek teeth, identified asLarix,Vaccinium,Betulasp.,Aulacomnium, and dicotyledonous herbs and grasses, suggest a mixed feeder’s diet. Microwear analysis suggests that, during the last months of its life, this individual fed predominantly on leaves and twigs. The habitat ofStephanorhinuscomprised grassland and open woodland that were characterized by moist and cold climate conditions, similar to those in the region today.

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Investigation of equid paleodiet from Schöningen 13 II-4 through dental wear and isotopic analyses: Archaeological implications

Cited by 90 publications

References 54 publications

Patterns of diet and body mass of large ungulates from the Pleistocene of Western Europe, and their relation to vegetation

Patterns of diet and body mass of large ungulates from the Pleistocene of Western Europe, and their relation to vegetation

Biostratigraphy and Palaeoecology of European Equus

Discovery of the skull ofStephanorhinus kirchbergensis(Jäger, 1839) above the Arctic Circle

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