A Review on the Latest Early Pleistocene Carnivoran Guild from the Vallparadís Section (NE Iberia)
Madurell-Malapeira, Joan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Geologia)
Prat-Vericat, Maria (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Faggi, Andrea (Università degli Studi di Firenze. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)
Fidalgo, Darío (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid, Espanya). Departamento de Palaeobiología)
Marciszak, Adrian (University of Wrocław. Department of Palaeozoology)
Rook, Lorenzo (Università degli Studi di Firenze. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)

Date:	2024
Abstract:	The Vallparadís Section encompasses various geological layers that span a significant chronological range, extending from the latest Early Pleistocene to the early Middle Pleistocene, covering a timeframe from approximately 1. 2 to 0. 6 Ma. This period holds particular importance, as it coincides with a significant climatic transition known as the Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition, a pivotal phase in Quaternary climatic history. This transition, marked by the shift from a 41,000-year obliquity-driven climatic cycle to a 100,000-year precession-forced cyclicity, had profound effects on the Calabrian carnivorous mammal communities. Notably, the once diverse carnivore guild began to decline across Europe during this period, with their last documented occurrences coinciding with those found within the Vallparadís Section (e. g. , Megantereon or Xenocyon). Concurrently, this period witnessed the initial dispersals of African carnivorans into the European landscape (e. g. , steppe lions), marking a significant shift in the composition and dynamics of the region's carnivorous fauna.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación FPU20/03389
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article de revisió ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Early Pleistocene ; Carnivoran guild ; Vallparadís Section ; Epivillafranchian ; Iberia
Published in:	Quaternary, Vol. 7, Issue 3 (September 2024) , art. 40, ISSN 2571-550X

DOI: 10.3390/quat7030040

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