Ursus arctos on lombardian prealps : The natural trap of cima Paradiso Cave (Campo dei fiori, Varese)

• Published in: Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
• Main Authors: Bona F., Pagani L.
• Other Authors: F. Bona, L. Pagani
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Gebruder Borntraeger Verlagsbuchhandlung 2010
• Subjects: Natural trap; Northern italy; Upper pleistocene; Ursus arctos; Settore GEO/01 - Paleontologia e Paleoecologia; The Chimney
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2434/891066; https://doi.org/10.1127/0077-7749/2010/0070

367 bones of Ursus arctos were collected in Cima Paradiso Cave (Campo dei Fiori, Varese) in 1989. These finds represent an extraordinary discovery because of the rarity of brown bear remains studied from Italian caves. The occurrence of these bones is due to the conformation of the cave, in particul...