Palaeontological data about the small vertebrate assemblage from the Late Pleistocene of Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Iran)
International audience Kaldar Cave is located in the Central Zagros (Khorramabad Valley, Iran), the site was occupied from the Pleistocene (with lithic tools from Middle and Upper Paleolithic) to the Holocene (with Neolithic archaeological remains). Small vertebrates come from Layer 4, attributed to...
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-02402369v1 2023-05-15T16:08:35+02:00 Palaeontological data about the small vertebrate assemblage from the Late Pleistocene of Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Iran) Rey-Rodríguez, Ivan Lopez-García, Juan Manuel Blain, Hugues-Alexandre Stoetzel, Emmanuelle Denys, Christiane, Fernández-García, Mónica Tumung, L. Ollé, Andreu Bazgir, Behrouz Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Università degli Studi di Ferrara = University of Ferrara (UniFE) Institut Catala de Paleoecologia Humana I Evolucio Social (IPHES) Universitat Rovira i Virgili Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA) PhD scholarships funded by the Erasmus Mundus Program Caparica, Portugal 2018-06-26 https://hal.science/hal-02402369 en eng HAL CCSD hal-02402369 https://hal.science/hal-02402369 Symposium Quaternary small vertebrates: state of the art and new insights, XVI Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) https://hal.science/hal-02402369 Symposium Quaternary small vertebrates: state of the art and new insights, XVI Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Jun 2018, Caparica, Portugal [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory [SDU.STU.PG]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Paleontology [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2018 ftunivnantes 2023-02-08T07:12:34Z International audience Kaldar Cave is located in the Central Zagros (Khorramabad Valley, Iran), the site was occupied from the Pleistocene (with lithic tools from Middle and Upper Paleolithic) to the Holocene (with Neolithic archaeological remains). Small vertebrates come from Layer 4, attributed to the Upper Paleolithic, and Layer 5 (sub-layers 7 and 7II), attributed to the Middle Paleolithic. The 14C dates from Layer 4 (sub-layers 5 and5II) produced results in the ranges of 38,650–36,750 cal. BP, 44,200–42,350 cal. BP and 54,400–46,050 cal. BP, respectively. The small-vertebrates assemblage is composed of five Arvicolinae, three Cricetinae, two Gliridae, two Gerbillinae, two Murinae taxa, a toad, an agamid lizard, a gecko, a skink, a lacertid, a glass lizard, a sand boa and possibly six types of colubrine snakes. Late Pleistocene sub-layers 5II and Layer 7II have enough remains for the paleoclimatic inferences. A preliminary taphonomic analysis showed an important number of digested elements. A Category 3 predator could primarily be assumed, such as the tawny owl (Strix aluco) or the Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo). The rodent assemblage indicates an environment surrounding the cave mainly composed of open dry steppes, indicated by the most abundant taxa, Microtus gr. socialis and Meriones spp. Together with these taxa, Murinae species indicate the presence of a certain vegetation cover. Also, most of the herpetofauna identified specimens (Agamidae, Eryx sp. and Elapidae) live in savannahs, steppes and deserts, with a way of life always linked with warm arid areas in rocky or sandy environments. Conference Object eurasian eagle-owl Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Boa ENVELOPE(15.532,15.532,66.822,66.822) |
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International audience Kaldar Cave is located in the Central Zagros (Khorramabad Valley, Iran), the site was occupied from the Pleistocene (with lithic tools from Middle and Upper Paleolithic) to the Holocene (with Neolithic archaeological remains). Small vertebrates come from Layer 4, attributed to the Upper Paleolithic, and Layer 5 (sub-layers 7 and 7II), attributed to the Middle Paleolithic. The 14C dates from Layer 4 (sub-layers 5 and5II) produced results in the ranges of 38,650–36,750 cal. BP, 44,200–42,350 cal. BP and 54,400–46,050 cal. BP, respectively. The small-vertebrates assemblage is composed of five Arvicolinae, three Cricetinae, two Gliridae, two Gerbillinae, two Murinae taxa, a toad, an agamid lizard, a gecko, a skink, a lacertid, a glass lizard, a sand boa and possibly six types of colubrine snakes. Late Pleistocene sub-layers 5II and Layer 7II have enough remains for the paleoclimatic inferences. A preliminary taphonomic analysis showed an important number of digested elements. A Category 3 predator could primarily be assumed, such as the tawny owl (Strix aluco) or the Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo). The rodent assemblage indicates an environment surrounding the cave mainly composed of open dry steppes, indicated by the most abundant taxa, Microtus gr. socialis and Meriones spp. Together with these taxa, Murinae species indicate the presence of a certain vegetation cover. Also, most of the herpetofauna identified specimens (Agamidae, Eryx sp. and Elapidae) live in savannahs, steppes and deserts, with a way of life always linked with warm arid areas in rocky or sandy environments. |
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Histoire naturelle de l'Homme préhistorique (HNHP) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (UPVD)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Università degli Studi di Ferrara = University of Ferrara (UniFE) Institut Catala de Paleoecologia Humana I Evolucio Social (IPHES) Universitat Rovira i Virgili Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB ) Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université des Antilles (UA) PhD scholarships funded by the Erasmus Mundus Program |
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Rey-Rodríguez, Ivan Lopez-García, Juan Manuel Blain, Hugues-Alexandre Stoetzel, Emmanuelle Denys, Christiane, Fernández-García, Mónica Tumung, L. Ollé, Andreu Bazgir, Behrouz |
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Rey-Rodríguez, Ivan Lopez-García, Juan Manuel Blain, Hugues-Alexandre Stoetzel, Emmanuelle Denys, Christiane, Fernández-García, Mónica Tumung, L. Ollé, Andreu Bazgir, Behrouz |
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Palaeontological data about the small vertebrate assemblage from the Late Pleistocene of Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Iran) |
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Palaeontological data about the small vertebrate assemblage from the Late Pleistocene of Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Iran) |
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Palaeontological data about the small vertebrate assemblage from the Late Pleistocene of Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Iran) |
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Palaeontological data about the small vertebrate assemblage from the Late Pleistocene of Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Iran) |
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Palaeontological data about the small vertebrate assemblage from the Late Pleistocene of Kaldar Cave (Khorramabad Valley, Iran) |
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palaeontological data about the small vertebrate assemblage from the late pleistocene of kaldar cave (khorramabad valley, iran) |
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Symposium Quaternary small vertebrates: state of the art and new insights, XVI Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP) https://hal.science/hal-02402369 Symposium Quaternary small vertebrates: state of the art and new insights, XVI Meeting of the European Association of Vertebrate Palaeontologists (EAVP), Jun 2018, Caparica, Portugal |
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