2015
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2015.03.009
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Lower Pleistocene leporids (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) in Western Europe: New data from the Bois-de-Riquet (Lézignan-la-Cèbe, Hérault, France)

Abstract: a b s t r a c tPlio-Pleistocene climate oscillations in the different regions of Western Europe substantially influenced the evolutionary history of European leporids. Distinguishing rabbits (Oryctolagus) from hares (Lepus) in the archeological and palaeontological record of Pleistocene Europe is complicated due to the variability of their size and morphology. Here, we present the first description of two Pleistocene leporid species from Bois-de-Riquet (Lézignan-la-Cèbe, Hérault) in southern France. The first,… Show more

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“…A subset of these data was then analysed using the software MorphoJ (Klingenberg, ), and a principal component analysis was carried out including all three groups. A similar method of p3 morphological analysis has been employed in previous studies (e.g., Patnaik, ; De Marfà, ; Pelletier, Cochard, Boudadi‐Maligne, Crochet, & Bourguignon, ; Pelletier, Royer, Holliday, & Maureille, ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A subset of these data was then analysed using the software MorphoJ (Klingenberg, ), and a principal component analysis was carried out including all three groups. A similar method of p3 morphological analysis has been employed in previous studies (e.g., Patnaik, ; De Marfà, ; Pelletier, Cochard, Boudadi‐Maligne, Crochet, & Bourguignon, ; Pelletier, Royer, Holliday, & Maureille, ).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If specimens were not identifiable to a specific taxon, we assigned them to a body size category, such as "medium mammal." Species-level identifications of hare remains were based on tooth morphology (Donard 1982;Callou 1997;Niethammer and Krapp 2003) and post-cranial measurements (Donard 1982;Pelletier et al 2015). Species-level identifications of fox remains were based on tooth measurements (Baumann 2016).…”
Section: Macrofaunamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several hare teeth and one innominate are identifiable to the species-level in GH4/AHIV through GH6/ AHVI, demonstrating that both European and mountain hare are present in the assemblage. The innominate is from GH4/ AHIV and we assigned it to mountain hare based on measurements (diameter of transverse condyle = 12.6 mm; maximum diameter of anterior-posterior condyle = 13.1 mm ;Donard 1982;Pelletier et al 2015). Small carnivores are mostly represented by foxes and Mustelids which are present across all horizons except GH3/AHIII which has no Mustelid remains.…”
Section: Taxonomic Representationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Il est régulièrement admis que le critère de taille est discriminant pour distinguer les genres Lepus et Oryctolagus dans les assemblages fossiles pléistocènes (e.g Donard 1982 ;Pelletier et al 2015). Il a également été mis en évidence que la taille des léporidés varie en fonction des conditions climatiques suivant la loi de Bergmann, autant pour le lapin (Callou 2003) que pour le lièvre variable (Angerbjörn et Flux 1995).…”
Section: -Taille Corporelle Et Morphométrieunclassified
“…Une régression linéaire a ainsi pu être établie reliant la taille des ossements de lapin actuel et la température de l'environnement (Davis et Moreno-Garcia 2007). Cette relation appliquée sur des sites du Sud de la France et du Nord de l'Espagne a mis en évidence des gradients climatiques latitudinaux durant le Pléistocène supérieur, moyen (El Guennouni 2001) et inférieur (Pelletier et al 2015). La taille corporelle des léporidés dépendant fortement de leur position géographique et des variations climatiques, la comparaison des individus de Regourdou avec différentes populations fossiles géographiquement proches permet ainsi de distinguer ce qui relève de variations climatiques globales, de ce qui relève de caractéristiques locales des populations.…”
Section: -Taille Corporelle Et Morphométrieunclassified