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DOI	10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106336
	First occurrence of musk ox Ovibos moschatus in the Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) record from NW Iberia: Paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications
	Alvarez-Lao, Diego J.; Ballesteros, Daniel; Rivals, Florent; Alvarez-Vena, Adrian; Valenzuela, Pablo; Jimenez-Sanchez, Montserrat
通讯作者	Alvarez-Lao, DJ
来源期刊	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
ISSN	0277-3791
出版年	2020
卷号	238
英文摘要	A remarkable musk ox (Ovibos moschatus) assemblage was recovered at Cowshead Cave (Picos de Europa Mountains, NW Spain). This find is of special paleobiogeographic relevance since it involves the first occurrence of this species in NW Iberia and extends the boundary of its Eurasian distribution range to the SW. Fossils correspond to at least two individuals: one young male about 20 months old, which includes an extraordinarily well-preserved skull, and one subadult of about 38-44 months. The bone deposit, dated to 34.9 +/- 0.4 cal ka BP (MIS 3), accumulated in a karst cave that acted as a natural trap, agreeing with the geomorphology and the good preservation of the remains. Considering that musk ox skulls of young individuals are extremely rare in the Pleistocene record, the detailed comparative study of the skull here presented provides new and relevant information. The skull from Cowshead is larger than modern specimens of similar individual age from Greenland; additionally, some remarkable morphological peculiarities in skull and teeth were identified. One metacarpal of the subadult individual was compared to recent and Pleistocene specimens and was among the largest in the entire sample. Significant differences in morphology and size between fossil and recent metacarpals were detected. Teeth microwear analysis suggests a browsing diet based on twigs and leaves at the time of death, which is consistent with a winter diet. The cold and arid environment inferred from the presence of musk ox is consistent with the paleontological record, since cold-adapted mammals occurred at other contemporary assemblages from NW Iberia. (C) 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Paleontology Paleoenvironment Paleobiogeography Western Europe Cantabrian Region Cowshead Cave
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000537559500011
WOS关键词	REINDEER RANGIFER-TARANDUS ; LARGE MAMMAL FAUNAS ; CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS ; NORTHERN SPAIN ; BANKS-ISLAND ; EUROPA ; PICOS ; CAVE ; COLD ; CLIMATE
WOS类目	Geography, Physical ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/324616
作者单位	[Alvarez-Lao, Diego J.; Alvarez-Vena, Adrian; Jimenez-Sanchez, Montserrat] Univ Oviedo, Dept Geol, C Jesus Arias de Velasco S-N, E-33005 Oviedo, Spain; [Ballesteros, Daniel] Univ Rouen Normandie, CNRS, UMR IDEES 6266, Mont St Aignan, France; [Rivals, Florent] Inst Catalana Recerca & Estudis Avancats ICREA, Barcelona, Spain; [Rivals, Florent] Inst Catala Paleoecol Humana & Evolucio Social IP, Campus Sescelades URV,Edif W3, Tarragona 43007, Spain; [Rivals, Florent] Univ Rovira & Virgili URV, Area Prehist, Avinguda Catalunya 35, Tarragona 43002, Spain; [Valenzuela, Pablo] TRAGSATEC, C Julian Camarillo 6B, Madrid 28037, Spain
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Alvarez-Lao, Diego J.,Ballesteros, Daniel,Rivals, Florent,et al. First occurrence of musk ox Ovibos moschatus in the Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) record from NW Iberia: Paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications[J],2020,238.
APA	Alvarez-Lao, Diego J.,Ballesteros, Daniel,Rivals, Florent,Alvarez-Vena, Adrian,Valenzuela, Pablo,&Jimenez-Sanchez, Montserrat.(2020).First occurrence of musk ox Ovibos moschatus in the Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) record from NW Iberia: Paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,238.
MLA	Alvarez-Lao, Diego J.,et al."First occurrence of musk ox Ovibos moschatus in the Late Pleistocene (MIS 3) record from NW Iberia: Paleobiogeographic and paleoenvironmental implications".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 238(2020).