Understanding the Late Pleistocene: Woolly Rhino by SargeantSatan, literature
Literature
Understanding the Late Pleistocene: Woolly Rhino
Understanding the Woolly Rhinoceros
(Coelodonta antiquitatis)
Taxonomy and Relationships:
Woolly rhinoceros (C. antiquitatis), usually shortened to woolly rhinos, lie within the genus Coelodonta. They share this genus with a few recognized species, the most primitive being C. thibetana from the Pliocene. The genus evolved from smaller, cursorial mixed feeders into graviportal, highly specialized grazers at the time of their extinction. No other member of Coelodonta is known to have survived into the late Pleistocene other than the woolly rhinoceros. [1] Their closest living relative is the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhi
Understanding the Late Pleistocene: Cave Lion by SargeantSatan, literature
Literature
Understanding the Late Pleistocene: Cave Lion
The Cave Lion
(Panthera spelaea spelaea)
Taxonomy and Relationships:
Cave lions, also known as Northern or steppe lions, lie within the big cat genus of Panthera along with the extinct American lions (P. atrox) and also lions (P. leo), leopards (P. pardus), snow leopards (P. uncia), jaguars (P. onca), and tigers (P. tigris). They’re now usually agreed to be a separate species than lions, being classified as Panthera spelaea, based on both considerable morphological and phylogenetic studies. Lions remain the cave lion’s closest living relative nonetheless. [1]
The early to middle Pleistocene Panthera spelaea fossilis is the direc
Mammoth steppe carnivore ecology by AnonymousLlama428, journal
Mammoth steppe carnivore ecology
A couple months ago, I posted this journal where I went over the findings of a new study by Bocherens et al. Back then, i could only access the abstract, and I couldn't hope to read it. Now, with sci-hub, and all, i've read the paper and decided to go in more depth.
So, here's the abstract:
Highlights
Cave bears were virtually all herbivores.Giant short-faced bears were consuming meat but not necessarily purely carnivores.Scimitar tooth cats were not specialized mammoth predators.Most cave lions were focussing on reindeer, especially when competing with other large carnivores.Wolves outcompeted cave lions in Europe during Lateglacial.
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