Late Pleistocene Deer Fossils from Corbeddu Cave: Implications for human colonization of the island of Sardinia

Hofmeijer, Gerard Klein

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“…This is in accordance with the geological finding that during the Biharian (Middle and, possibly, late Early Pleistocene), Corsica and Sardinia, then a single island, were probably separated by only 13 km from Elba, which in turn could have functioned as a stepping‐stone between Tuscany and the Cirno‐Sardinian massif (see Alcover, Seguí & Bover, 1999 and references therein). Moreover, the allegedly endemic species of giant deer, Megaloceros cazioti , also found in the Corbeddu cave (Søndaar et al ., 1986; Klein Hofmeijer, 1997), is, according to the palaeontologist Th. Pfeiffer, quite certainly a red deer (pers.…”

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Conservation genetics of the endangered red deer from Sardinia and Mesola with further remarks on the phylogeography of Cervus elaphus corsicanus

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Zachos

Eckert

et al. 2006

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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Red deer Cervus elaphus of the endangered populations from Sardinia and Mesola Wood, northern Italy, were analysed for genetic variation at 531 bp of the mitochondrial control region and 12 polymorphic nuclear microsatellite loci. A phylogenetic analysis was conducted including additional data from the literature to gain insight into the phylogeographical origin of the Sardinian subspecies C. e. corsicanus . Microsatellite variation was low in both populations but Sardinia showed comparatively high variability at the control region. Management recommendations are discussed. In particular, the Mesola red deer, the only remaining indigenous Italian population, ought to be managed to increase the effective population size and should be subdivided into two or more populations. As to the phylogeography of the Sardinian population, microsatellite data favoured mainland Italy as the place of origin in that Sardinia and Mesola showed the smallest distance values and were paired together in trees with high bootstrap support. However, the mitochondrial data only partially confirmed this conclusion but showed great similarity between Sardinian and Spanish red deer. Possible explanations for this discrepancy and general limits of mitochondrial sequences in resolving demographic and biogeographical processes of the recent past are discussed.

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Conservation genetics of the endangered red deer from Sardinia and Mesola with further remarks on the phylogeography of Cervus elaphus corsicanus

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Eckert

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Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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“…The order of eruption of the secondary and molar teeth has been used here to determine age, as usually employed in bovids and cervids (see, for example, Sisson & Grossman, 1982;Pohlmeyer, 1985;Klein-Hofmeijer, 1996, Pkrez-Barberia & Mutuberria, 1996. The specimens with dentaries in which M3 has not completed its growth (it may have erupted but its crown has not reached its definitive height and has not started to wear) have been considered to be juvenile.…”

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“…They include both those with growing primary cheek teeth and those in which P, is erupting (without dental wear). For many species of bovids and cervids, P, eruption usually corresponds to an age between 1 and 3 years (Sisson & Grossman, 1982;Klein-Hofmeijer, 1996;Pkrez Barberia & Mutuberria, 1996). Animals with maxillaries which do not have a completely erupted M3 have been considered to be young.…”

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The evolution and ontogeny of the dentition of Myotragus balearicus Bate, 1909 (Artiodactyla, Caprinae): evidence from new fossil data

Bover

1999

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

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M y o t r a g u s balearicw Bate 1909 is an artiodactyl Caprinae endemic to the Balearic Islands (Spain), which became extinct more than 4000 years ago. It is characterized by a series of very unusual apomorphies acquired throughout its insular evolution, one of which is the presence of a single evergrowing incisor (with an open root) in each dentary. This incisor has been classically considered as I,. The study of recently discovered fossils of this species, which have been collected from the excavation of Holocene cave sediments in Cova Estreta (Pollenqa, Mallorca) and in Cova des Moro (Manacor, Mallorca), together with the reexamination of materials belonging both to this species and to its ancestors, allowed us to study the ontogeny and evolution of the Myot7agu.s dentition. The replacement of premolars differs only slightly from the pattern recorded in other bovids. Nevertheless, there are significant differences with other bovids regarding the incisiform series. M y o t r a g u s balearicw lacks secondary incisors. Through a neotenic process, which started during the Upper Pliocene, M. babaricw acquired a monophyodontic incisiform dentition, reducing the number of incisiforms to only one, identified as d12. The richness of the finds allows us to describe the different steps in this evolution. The only incisiiorm that appears to have been lost is dI,. The identification of the evergrowing incisor of M. balearicus as dI, reinforces its convergence with rodents postulated by Bate and there is discussion regarding homologies of incisors of rodents and lagomorphs.

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“…The geochronological synthesis of the development and sedimentary history of the Su Fossu de Cannas cave. Azzaroli, 1952Azzaroli, , 1961Comaschi Caria, 1955, 1956Cordy and Ozer, 1973;Caloi and Malatesta, 1974;Caloi et al, 1981;Gliozzi et al, 1984;Klein Hofmeijer, 1997;Antonioli et al, 1998;Ginesu et al, 1998Ginesu et al, , 2003Melis et al, 2002;Abbazzi et al, 2004;Benzi et al, 2007;Fanelli et al, 2007). The two species, P. sardus and P. cazioti, are associated with M. henseli, and belong to the Sardinian Microtus (Tyrrhenicola) Faunal Complex (FC), in particular to the youngest Dragonara Fauna sub-Complex (FsC: Palombo, 2006Palombo, , 2009.…”

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A key site for inferring the timing of dispersal of giant deer in Sardinia, the Su Fossu de Cannas cave, Sadali, Italy

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Su Fossu de Cannas (SFC) cave is one of several known cavities in the Sadali plateau in Sardinia, Italy. The\ud evolution of the cave is the result of complex erosional and deposital processes that occurred during the\ud Neogene and Quaternary. A fossiliferous cemented conglomerate, containing various deer remains, now\ud forms the ceiling of a cavity (tunnel). The faunal remains belong to a large cervid, which show some\ud morphological affinity with large deer that have an endemic Sardinian lineage (Praemegaceros sardous\ud ePraemegaceros cazioti). Palaeoecological data based on some peculiar features and the large size of the\ud SFC deer suggest that it is the most primitive Megacerine found in Sardinia to date, and the first\ud representative of the endemic lineage. The 450 ka UeTh age for the flowstone capping the fossiliferous\ud layer defines: the end of sedimentation in which Sadali deer remains are preserved; and the dispersal\ud from the mainland of the ancestor of the endemic Sardinian Megacerini. Stratigraphic and micromorphological\ud analyses of the cave deposits allow the reconstruction of the timing of the cave's development\ud throughout the Pliocene to the Holocene

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Late Pleistocene Deer Fossils from Corbeddu Cave: Implications for human colonization of the island of Sardinia

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Conservation genetics of the endangered red deer from Sardinia and Mesola with further remarks on the phylogeography of Cervus elaphus corsicanus

Conservation genetics of the endangered red deer from Sardinia and Mesola with further remarks on the phylogeography of Cervus elaphus corsicanus

The evolution and ontogeny of the dentition of Myotragus balearicus Bate, 1909 (Artiodactyla, Caprinae): evidence from new fossil data

A key site for inferring the timing of dispersal of giant deer in Sardinia, the Su Fossu de Cannas cave, Sadali, Italy

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