Morphometric variation of reindeer remains (Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758) from late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland
The paper deals with the morphometric analysis of remains of the reindeer Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758 from 20 Late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland. In most of the localities, the species was the most abundant component of the large mammal fauna; the remains came from individuals, killed b...
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ftjgq:oai:geojournals.pgi.gov.pl:article/12571 2024-09-15T18:31:43+00:00 Morphometric variation of reindeer remains (Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758) from late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland Stefaniak, Krzysztof Piskorska, Teresa Witkowska, Anna Wojtal, Piotr 2014-01-18 application/pdf https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12571 eng eng Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12571/11044 https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12571/25295 https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12571 Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae; Vol. 82 No. 2 (2012); 177-191 Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae; Tom 82 Nr 2 (2012); 177-191 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2014 ftjgq 2024-07-30T03:29:09Z The paper deals with the morphometric analysis of remains of the reindeer Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758 from 20 Late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland. In most of the localities, the species was the most abundant component of the large mammal fauna; the remains came from individuals, killed by predators, including man. The measurements of the remains were compared with those of reindeer from localities in Germany, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia. The measurements of the reindeer from Poland were intermediate between the smaller and more slender reindeer from north-western Europe and the larger reindeer from southern and eastern Europe; the antlers from the localities studied mainly represented the tundra form of Rangifer tarandus. The forest form of the species was represented by a few antlers. With respect to the ages of individuals, the reindeer from the Polish sites belonged to the age classes of under 2 years, 5–6 years and 6–7 years. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer tarandus Tundra Geological Quarterly |
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The paper deals with the morphometric analysis of remains of the reindeer Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758 from 20 Late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland. In most of the localities, the species was the most abundant component of the large mammal fauna; the remains came from individuals, killed by predators, including man. The measurements of the remains were compared with those of reindeer from localities in Germany, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia. The measurements of the reindeer from Poland were intermediate between the smaller and more slender reindeer from north-western Europe and the larger reindeer from southern and eastern Europe; the antlers from the localities studied mainly represented the tundra form of Rangifer tarandus. The forest form of the species was represented by a few antlers. With respect to the ages of individuals, the reindeer from the Polish sites belonged to the age classes of under 2 years, 5–6 years and 6–7 years. |
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Stefaniak, Krzysztof Piskorska, Teresa Witkowska, Anna Wojtal, Piotr |
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Stefaniak, Krzysztof Piskorska, Teresa Witkowska, Anna Wojtal, Piotr Morphometric variation of reindeer remains (Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758) from late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland |
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Stefaniak, Krzysztof Piskorska, Teresa Witkowska, Anna Wojtal, Piotr |
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Stefaniak, Krzysztof |
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Morphometric variation of reindeer remains (Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758) from late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland |
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Morphometric variation of reindeer remains (Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758) from late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland |
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Morphometric variation of reindeer remains (Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758) from late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland |
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Morphometric variation of reindeer remains (Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758) from late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland |
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Morphometric variation of reindeer remains (Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus, 1758) from late Pleistocene cave localities in Poland |
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morphometric variation of reindeer remains (rangifer tarandus linnaeus, 1758) from late pleistocene cave localities in poland |
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Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae |
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Rangifer tarandus Tundra |
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Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae; Vol. 82 No. 2 (2012); 177-191 Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae; Tom 82 Nr 2 (2012); 177-191 |
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https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12571/11044 https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12571/25295 https://gq.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12571 |
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