First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).

Tracks and trackways of newborns, calves and juveniles attributed to straight-tusked elephants were found in the MIS 5 site (Upper Pleistocene) known as the Matalascañas Trampled Surface (MTS) at Huelva, SW Spain. Evidence of a snapshot of social behaviour, especially parental care, can be determine...

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Autores: Neto de Carvalho, Carlos, Belaústegui Barahona, Zain, Toscano, Antonio, Muñiz, Fernando, Belo, João, Gómez, Paula, Cáceres, Luis M., Rodríguez-Vidal, Joaquín, Cunha, Pedro Proença, Cachão, Mario, Ruiz, Francisco, Ramirez-Cruzado, Samuel, Giles Guzmán, Francisco, Finlayson, Geraldine, Finlayson, Stewart, Finlayson, Clive
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/185740
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/185740
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Palabra clave:Paleontologia
Plistocè
Elefants
Paleontology
Pleistocene
Elephants
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spelling First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).Neto de Carvalho, CarlosBelaústegui Barahona, ZainToscano, AntonioMuñiz, FernandoBelo, JoãoGómez, PaulaCáceres, Luis M.Rodríguez-Vidal, JoaquínCunha, Pedro ProençaCachão, MarioRuiz, FranciscoRamirez-Cruzado, SamuelGiles Guzmán, FranciscoFinlayson, GeraldineFinlayson, StewartFinlayson, ClivePaleontologiaPlistocèElefantsPaleontologyPleistoceneElephantsTracks and trackways of newborns, calves and juveniles attributed to straight-tusked elephants were found in the MIS 5 site (Upper Pleistocene) known as the Matalascañas Trampled Surface (MTS) at Huelva, SW Spain. Evidence of a snapshot of social behaviour, especially parental care, can be determined from the concentration of elephant tracks and trackways, and especially from apparently contemporaneous converging trackways, of small juvenile and larger, presumably young adult female tracks. The size frequency of the tracks enabled us to infer body mass and age distribution of the animals that crossed the MTS. Comparisons of the MTS demographic frequency with the morphology of the fore- and hind limbs of extant and fossil proboscideans shed light into the reproductive ecology of the straight-tusked elephant, Palaeloxodon antiquus. The interdune pond habitat appeared to have been an important water and food resource for matriarchal herds of straight-tusked elephants and likely functioned as a reproductive habitat, with only the rare presence of adult and older males in the MTS. The preservation of this track record in across a paleosol surface, although heavily trampled by different animals, including Neanderthals, over a short time frame, permitted an exceptional view into short-term intraspecific trophic interactions occurring in the Last Interglacial coastal habitat. Therefore, it is hypothesized that Neanderthals visited MTS for hunting or scavenging on weakened or dead elephants, and more likely calves.Nature Publishing Group2021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/185740Articles publicats en revistes (Dinàmica de la Terra i l'Oceà)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésReproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96754-1Scientific Reports, 2021, vol. 11, p. 17311https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96754-1cc-by (c) Neto de Carvalho, Carlos et al., 2021https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1857402026-05-27T06:46:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
title First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
spellingShingle First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
Neto de Carvalho, Carlos
Paleontologia
Plistocè
Elefants
Paleontology
Pleistocene
Elephants
title_short First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
title_full First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
title_fullStr First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
title_full_unstemmed First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
title_sort First tracks of newborn straight-tusked elephants (Palaeoloxodon antiquus).
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Neto de Carvalho, Carlos
Belaústegui Barahona, Zain
Toscano, Antonio
Muñiz, Fernando
Belo, João
Gómez, Paula
Cáceres, Luis M.
Rodríguez-Vidal, Joaquín
Cunha, Pedro Proença
Cachão, Mario
Ruiz, Francisco
Ramirez-Cruzado, Samuel
Giles Guzmán, Francisco
Finlayson, Geraldine
Finlayson, Stewart
Finlayson, Clive
author Neto de Carvalho, Carlos
author_facet Neto de Carvalho, Carlos
Belaústegui Barahona, Zain
Toscano, Antonio
Muñiz, Fernando
Belo, João
Gómez, Paula
Cáceres, Luis M.
Rodríguez-Vidal, Joaquín
Cunha, Pedro Proença
Cachão, Mario
Ruiz, Francisco
Ramirez-Cruzado, Samuel
Giles Guzmán, Francisco
Finlayson, Geraldine
Finlayson, Stewart
Finlayson, Clive
author_role author
author2 Belaústegui Barahona, Zain
Toscano, Antonio
Muñiz, Fernando
Belo, João
Gómez, Paula
Cáceres, Luis M.
Rodríguez-Vidal, Joaquín
Cunha, Pedro Proença
Cachão, Mario
Ruiz, Francisco
Ramirez-Cruzado, Samuel
Giles Guzmán, Francisco
Finlayson, Geraldine
Finlayson, Stewart
Finlayson, Clive
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Paleontologia
Plistocè
Elefants
Paleontology
Pleistocene
Elephants
topic Paleontologia
Plistocè
Elefants
Paleontology
Pleistocene
Elephants
description Tracks and trackways of newborns, calves and juveniles attributed to straight-tusked elephants were found in the MIS 5 site (Upper Pleistocene) known as the Matalascañas Trampled Surface (MTS) at Huelva, SW Spain. Evidence of a snapshot of social behaviour, especially parental care, can be determined from the concentration of elephant tracks and trackways, and especially from apparently contemporaneous converging trackways, of small juvenile and larger, presumably young adult female tracks. The size frequency of the tracks enabled us to infer body mass and age distribution of the animals that crossed the MTS. Comparisons of the MTS demographic frequency with the morphology of the fore- and hind limbs of extant and fossil proboscideans shed light into the reproductive ecology of the straight-tusked elephant, Palaeloxodon antiquus. The interdune pond habitat appeared to have been an important water and food resource for matriarchal herds of straight-tusked elephants and likely functioned as a reproductive habitat, with only the rare presence of adult and older males in the MTS. The preservation of this track record in across a paleosol surface, although heavily trampled by different animals, including Neanderthals, over a short time frame, permitted an exceptional view into short-term intraspecific trophic interactions occurring in the Last Interglacial coastal habitat. Therefore, it is hypothesized that Neanderthals visited MTS for hunting or scavenging on weakened or dead elephants, and more likely calves.
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dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
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dc.relation.none.fl_str_mv Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96754-1
Scientific Reports, 2021, vol. 11, p. 17311
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-96754-1
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