Canis lupus (mammalia, canidae) from the late pleistocene deposit of avetrana (Taranto, Southern Italy)

Here we described the remains of Canis lupus from the bed 8 of Avetrana karst filling (Late Pleistocene; Taranto, Southern Italy). The studied specimens arc larger than those collected from the early Late Pleistocene Apulian localities and those referred to the recent Italian wolf. Moreover, the rem...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Berte D. F., Pandolfi L.
Other Authors: Berte, D. F., Pandolfi, L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Avetrana
Canis lupu
Late pleistocene
Morphology
Morphometry
Southern italy
Canis lupus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11563/157866
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Summary:Here we described the remains of Canis lupus from the bed 8 of Avetrana karst filling (Late Pleistocene; Taranto, Southern Italy). The studied specimens arc larger than those collected from the early Late Pleistocene Apulian localities and those referred to the recent Italian wolf. Moreover, the remains from Avetrana are morpho- metrically close to Canis lupus maximus from France and to C. lupus collected from Central and Northern Italian localities, chronologically related to MIS 2 and MIS 3. Morphologically, the studied specimens slightly differ from both C. /. maximus and other Pleistocene Apulian wolves. The dimensional differences between the Avetrana wolves and those collected from the other early Late Pleistocene Apulian localities could be explained through a spread of a large-sized morphotype from the Northern Italy.

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