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A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy)
Here, we report on the exceptionally well-preserved deer record from the locality of Pantalla (central Italy), dated in the Early Pleistocene (ca. 2.1–2.0 million years ago). The fossils show a combination of characters that allows an unambiguous attribution to ‘Pseudodama’ nestii, of which they rep...
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author | Cherin, Marco Breda, Marzia Esattore, Bruno Hart, Vlastimil Turek, Jiří Porciello, Francesco Angeli, Giovanni Holpin, Sofia Iurino, Dawid A. |
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description | Here, we report on the exceptionally well-preserved deer record from the locality of Pantalla (central Italy), dated in the Early Pleistocene (ca. 2.1–2.0 million years ago). The fossils show a combination of characters that allows an unambiguous attribution to ‘Pseudodama’ nestii, of which they represent one of the most informative collections to date. Our comparisons—also conducted through CT-based methods on endocranial structures—reveal that the cranial and postcranial skeleton of ‘P.’ nestii displays a mosaic of intermediate characters between extant Dama and Cervus, but also that the affinities with Dama are prevalent. Some Cervus-like features especially in cranial morphology, can be interpreted as plesiomorphic characters supporting a basal position of ‘Pseudodama’ among the Cervini. Interestingly, three bone anomalies are described in the two male crania of ‘P.’ nestii from Pantalla and are interpreted as palaeotraumatological evidence resulting from different injuries suffered by the deer during their life. This allows opening a treasure trove of information on paleobiological aspects, including ontogeny and antler cycle and function. |
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spelling | pubmed-93815962022-08-18 A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy) Cherin, Marco Breda, Marzia Esattore, Bruno Hart, Vlastimil Turek, Jiří Porciello, Francesco Angeli, Giovanni Holpin, Sofia Iurino, Dawid A. Sci Rep Article Here, we report on the exceptionally well-preserved deer record from the locality of Pantalla (central Italy), dated in the Early Pleistocene (ca. 2.1–2.0 million years ago). The fossils show a combination of characters that allows an unambiguous attribution to ‘Pseudodama’ nestii, of which they represent one of the most informative collections to date. Our comparisons—also conducted through CT-based methods on endocranial structures—reveal that the cranial and postcranial skeleton of ‘P.’ nestii displays a mosaic of intermediate characters between extant Dama and Cervus, but also that the affinities with Dama are prevalent. Some Cervus-like features especially in cranial morphology, can be interpreted as plesiomorphic characters supporting a basal position of ‘Pseudodama’ among the Cervini. Interestingly, three bone anomalies are described in the two male crania of ‘P.’ nestii from Pantalla and are interpreted as palaeotraumatological evidence resulting from different injuries suffered by the deer during their life. This allows opening a treasure trove of information on paleobiological aspects, including ontogeny and antler cycle and function. Nature Publishing Group UK 2022-08-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9381596/ /pubmed/35974071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18091-1 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/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Cherin, Marco Breda, Marzia Esattore, Bruno Hart, Vlastimil Turek, Jiří Porciello, Francesco Angeli, Giovanni Holpin, Sofia Iurino, Dawid A. A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy) |
title | A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy) |
title_full | A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy) |
title_fullStr | A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy) |
title_full_unstemmed | A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy) |
title_short | A Pleistocene Fight Club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the Dama-like deer record from Pantalla (Italy) |
title_sort | pleistocene fight club revealed by the palaeobiological study of the dama-like deer record from pantalla (italy) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9381596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35974071 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18091-1 |
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