Review of Ursus material from Fontana Ranuccio (Middle Pleistocene, central Italy). New insights on the first occurrence of the brown bear in Italy

• Main Authors: Conti J., Bellucci L., Iurino D. A., Strani F., Sardella R.
• Other Authors: Conti, J., Bellucci, L., Iurino, D. A., Strani, F., Sardella, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: AIQUA - Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Quaternario 2021
• Subjects: biochronology; carnivore; evolution; Galerian; systematic; Ursus arcto; Ursus deningeri; Fontana; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1602635; https://doi.org/10.26382/AMQ.2021.14

The Middle Pleistocene archaeo-palaeontological site of Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, central Italy) yielded a rich faunal assemblage consisting of more than 20,000 fossil remains, including four human teeth and multiple bone and lithic tools. The Ursus specimens from Fontana Ranuccio were historically...