Biochronological and paleobiogeographic implications of the Dama-like deer sample from the latest Early Pleistocene of Cal Guardiola (NE Iberia)
Parparousi, Elpiniki-Maria (Università degli Studi di Perugia. Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia)
Sorbelli, Leonardo (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Cherin, Marco (Università degli Studi di Perugia. Dipartimento di Fisica e Geologia)
Breda, Marzia (Università di Padova. Museo della Natura e dell'Uomo)
Blasetti, Alessandro (Università di Camerino. Museo delle Scienze)
Ferretti, Marco Peter (Università di Camerino. Sezione di Geologia)
Fidalgo, Darío (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Madrid, Espanya). Departamento de Palaeobiología)
Bartolini-Lucenti, Saverio (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Moullé, Pierre-Élie (Musée de Préhistoire Régionale de Menton (France))
Martínez-Navarro, Bienvenido (Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social)
Rook, Lorenzo (Università di Firenze. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)
Madurell-Malapeira, Joan (Università degli Studi di Firenze. Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra)

Date:	2025
Abstract:	Different species of Dama-like deer usually included in the genus Pseudodama, occurred in the European Plio-Pleistocene. In this paper, the medium-sized cervid sample from the Cal Guardiola Section (NE Iberian Peninsula) is described. It exhibits notable similarities with other records referred to Pseudodama vallonnetensis from various late Early Pleistocene European sites, thus confirming the abundance of this taxon in the faunal associations of this period. Here, we review the spatial and temporal distribution of P. vallonnetensis in Europe and, in a broader framework, also the succession of Dama-like deer species during the entire Pleistocene, analyzing variations in body size and possible relationships between these and palaeoenvironmental conditions.
Grants:	European Commission 237010 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000945-M Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-01238
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Dama ; Early-Middle Pleistocene Transition ; Europe ; Fallow deer ; Pseudodama
Published in:	Quaternary Science Advances, Vol. 19 (September 2025) , art. 100294, ISSN 2666-0334

DOI: 10.1016/j.qsa.2025.100294

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