A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe

Here, we describe a partial cranium of a large canid dated at 406.5 ± 2.4 ka from the Middle Pleistocene of Ponte Galeria (Rome, Italy). The sample represents one of the few Middle Pleistocene remains of a wolf-like canid falling within the timeframe when the Canis mosbachensis–Canis lupus transitio...

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Autores principales: Iurino, Dawid A., Mecozzi, Beniamino, Iannucci, Alessio, Moscarella, Alfio, Strani, Flavia, Bona, Fabio, Gaeta, Mario, Sardella, Raffaele
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35217686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06812-5
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author Iurino, Dawid A.
Mecozzi, Beniamino
Iannucci, Alessio
Moscarella, Alfio
Strani, Flavia
Bona, Fabio
Gaeta, Mario
Sardella, Raffaele
author_facet Iurino, Dawid A.
Mecozzi, Beniamino
Iannucci, Alessio
Moscarella, Alfio
Strani, Flavia
Bona, Fabio
Gaeta, Mario
Sardella, Raffaele
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description Here, we describe a partial cranium of a large canid dated at 406.5 ± 2.4 ka from the Middle Pleistocene of Ponte Galeria (Rome, Italy). The sample represents one of the few Middle Pleistocene remains of a wolf-like canid falling within the timeframe when the Canis mosbachensis–Canis lupus transition occurred, a key moment to understand the spread of the extant wolf (Canis lupus) in Europe. CT-based methods allow studying the outer and inner cranial anatomy (brain and frontal sinuses) of a selected sample of fossil and extant canids. Morphological and biometric results allowed to: (I) ascribe the cranium from Ponte Galeria to an adult Canis lupus, representing the first reliable occurrence of this taxon in Europe; (II) provide the content for a biochronological revision of the Middle Pleistocene record of European wolves.
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spelling pubmed-88815842022-03-01 A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe Iurino, Dawid A. Mecozzi, Beniamino Iannucci, Alessio Moscarella, Alfio Strani, Flavia Bona, Fabio Gaeta, Mario Sardella, Raffaele Sci Rep Article Here, we describe a partial cranium of a large canid dated at 406.5 ± 2.4 ka from the Middle Pleistocene of Ponte Galeria (Rome, Italy). The sample represents one of the few Middle Pleistocene remains of a wolf-like canid falling within the timeframe when the Canis mosbachensis–Canis lupus transition occurred, a key moment to understand the spread of the extant wolf (Canis lupus) in Europe. CT-based methods allow studying the outer and inner cranial anatomy (brain and frontal sinuses) of a selected sample of fossil and extant canids. Morphological and biometric results allowed to: (I) ascribe the cranium from Ponte Galeria to an adult Canis lupus, representing the first reliable occurrence of this taxon in Europe; (II) provide the content for a biochronological revision of the Middle Pleistocene record of European wolves. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-02-25 /pmc/articles/PMC8881584/ /pubmed/35217686 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06812-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Iurino, Dawid A.
Mecozzi, Beniamino
Iannucci, Alessio
Moscarella, Alfio
Strani, Flavia
Bona, Fabio
Gaeta, Mario
Sardella, Raffaele
A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe
title A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe
title_full A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe
title_fullStr A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe
title_full_unstemmed A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe
title_short A Middle Pleistocene wolf from central Italy provides insights on the first occurrence of Canis lupus in Europe
title_sort middle pleistocene wolf from central italy provides insights on the first occurrence of canis lupus in europe
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8881584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35217686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-06812-5
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