Fossil bats from the Late Pleistocene site of the Aguilón P7 Cave (Zaragoza, Spain)
| Autor: | Gloria Cuenca-Bescós, Carmen Núñez-Lahuerta, Víctor Sauqué, Julia Galán, Juan Manuel López-García |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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010506 paleontology
geography geography.geographical_feature_category Rhinolophus Taphonomy Neanderthal biology Pleistocene Ecology General Engineering 010502 geochemistry & geophysics biology.organism_classification 01 natural sciences Cave biology.animal Pipistrellus kuhlii Plecotus Quaternary Geology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Comptes Rendus Palevol. 15:501-514 |
| ISSN: | 1631-0683 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.crpv.2014.12.003 |
| Popis: | Bats (Chiroptera, Mammalia) are a valuable and independent source of palaeoenvironmental information in Quaternary sites because bat assemblages are not necessarily produced by the same processes as those of other small mammals. Here, we report a small collection of bats (MNI 15) from a cave infill of the Aguilon P7 (AGP-7) site (Zaragoza, Spain) dated Late Pleistocene (MIS 3). This is one of the rare localities south of the Ebro River (right bank) with Neanderthal tracks; therefore, the palaeoenvironmental data provided here may help us to understand Neanderthal history. Nine bat taxa were identified, viz. Rhinolophus ferumequinum, R. hipposideros, Myotis gr. myotis/blythii, M. cf. bechsteinii, M. emarginatus, M. daubentonii, Plecotus gr. auritus/austriacus, Hipsugo savii vel. Pipistrellus kuhlii/nathusii, and Miniopterus schreibersii. The presence of a high number of yearlings of the former four species suggests the presence of breeding colonies. The surprisingly high diversity of the sample indicates a variegated vegetation cover and relatively high humidity for the MIS 3 stage in the region. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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