DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.05.015
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84968756873
论文题名: Latest Early Pleistocene remains of Lynx pardinus (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: Taxonomy and evolutionary implications
作者: Boscaini A. ; Alba D.M. ; Beltrán J.F. ; Moyà-Solà S. ; Madurell-Malapeira J.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2016
卷: 143 起始页码: 96
结束页码: 106
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Cal Guardiola
; Cueva Victoria
; Iberian lynx
; Lynx spelaeus
; Pleistocene
; Vallparadís Estació
Scopus关键词: Geology
; Natural sciences
; Cal Guardiola
; Cueva Victoria
; Iberian lynx
; Lynx spelaeus
; Pleistocene
; Mammals
; biometry
; conservation planning
; endangered species
; evolutionary biology
; extinction
; felid
; fossil record
; morphology
; paleobiogeography
; Pleistocene
; skeletal remains
; species occurrence
; taxonomy
; Bolivar [Colombia]
; Cartagena [Bolivar]
; Colombia
; Cueva Victoria
; Iberian Peninsula
; Murcia [Spain]
; Spain
; Carnivora
; Felidae
; Guardiola
; Lynx
; Lynx lynx
; Lynx pardinus
英文摘要: The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is a critically endangered felid that, during the last fifty years, has been subject to an intensive conservation program in an attempt to save it from extinction. This species is first recorded at ca. 1.7-1.6 Ma (late Villafranchian, late Early Pleistocene) in NE Iberian Peninsula, roughly coinciding with the large faunal turnover that occurred around the middle to late Villafranchian boundary. Here we describe the largest collection of L. pardinus remains available to date from the Iberian late Early Pleistocene (Epivillafranchian), including localities from the Vallparadís Section (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula) and Cueva Victoria (Cartagena, SE Iberian Peninsula). The morphology and biometry of the studied material attests to the widespread occurrence of L. pardinus in the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula since the latest Early Pleistocene, i.e., about 0.5 million years earlier than it was generally accepted (i.e., at the beginning of the Middle Pleistocene). Based on the features observed in the large sample studied in this paper, we conclude that Lynx spelaeus is a junior synonym of L. pardinus and further propose to assign all the Epivillafranchian and younger fossil lynxes from SW Europe to the extant species L. pardinus. Due to the arrival of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) into Europe at the beginning of the Late Pleistocene, the attribution of specimens younger than MIS 5e to either this species or L. pardinus solely on morphological grounds has proven equivocal. Here we discuss the main diagnostic features of both species of European lynxes and further review their evolutionary history and paleobiogeography throughout the Pleistocene. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59575
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作者单位: Instituto Argentino de Nivología Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales (IANIGLA), CCT-CONICET-Mendoza, Avda. Ruiz Leal s/n, Parque Gral. San Martín, Mendoza, Argentina; Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA-ICP, Carrer de les columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain; Departamento de Zoología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Reina Mercedes 6, Sevilla, Spain; ICREA at Institut Catala de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont and Unitat d'Antropologia (Dept. BABVE), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Edifici ICTA-ICP, Carrer de les Columnes s/n, Campus de la UAB, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain
Recommended Citation:
Boscaini A.,Alba D.M.,Beltrán J.F.,et al. Latest Early Pleistocene remains of Lynx pardinus (Carnivora, Felidae) from the Iberian Peninsula: Taxonomy and evolutionary implications[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2016-01-01,143