Gallogoral

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Gallogoral
Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
Gallogoral meneghinii skeleton.jpg
Fossil of Gallogoral meneghinii at Natural History Museum of Basel
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Subfamily: Caprinae
Genus:† Gallogoral
Guérin, 1965
Species

Gallogoral is an extinct genus of caprine bovid that lived in Europe during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.

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Geographic range

The species G. meneghinii has been found in France, [1] [2] [3] Italy, [4] [5] Greece, [6] Russia, [7] and Georgia. [8]

Palaeoecology

Fossil remains from Coste San Giacomo, dating to about 2.1 Ma, show G. meneghinii to have been a mixed feeder. [9] [10] However, remains from the site of Olivola dating to around the time of the Gelasian-Calabrian transition instead suggest that G. meneghinii was a grazer, as evidenced by its dental wear showing signs of heavy consumption of grass, grit, and dust. It had a preference for mountainous habitats. [11]


References

  1. ↑ Nomade, S.; Pastre, J.F.; Guillou, H.; Faure, M.; Guérin, C.; Delson, E.; Debard, E.; Voinchet, P.; Messager, E. (June 2014). "40Ar/39Ar constraints on some French landmark Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene large mammalian paleofaunas: Paleoenvironmental and paleoecological implications" . Quaternary Geochronology . 21: 2–15. doi:10.1016/j.quageo.2012.12.006 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
  2. ↑ Brugal, Jean-Philip; Argant, Alain; Boudadi-Maligne, Myriam; Crégut-Bonnoure, Evelyne; Croitor, Roman; Fernandez, Philippe; Fourvel, Jean-Baptiste; Fosse, Philippe; Guadelli, Jean-Luc; Labe, Bruno; Magniez, Pierre; Uzunidis, Antigone (April–June 2020). "Pleistocene herbivores and carnivores from France: An updated overview of the literature, sites and taxonomy". Annales de Paléontologie . 106 (2): 102384. Bibcode:2020AnPal.10602384B. doi:10.1016/j.annpal.2019.102384 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  3. ↑ Palombo, Maria Rita; Valli, Andrea Maria Francesco (2003–2004). "REMARKS ON THE BIOCHRONOLOGY OF MAMMALIAN FAUNAL COMPLEXES FROM THE PLIOCENE TO THE MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE IN FRANCE" (PDF). Geologica Romana. 37: 145–163. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ↑ Bellucci, L.; Bona, F.; Corrado, P.; Magri, D.; Mazzini, I.; Parenti, F.; Scardia, G.; Sardella, R. (15 July 2014). "Evidence of late Gelasian dispersal of African fauna at Coste San Giacomo (Anagni Basin, central Italy): Early Pleistocene environments and the background of early human occupation in Europe" . Quaternary Science Reviews . 96: 72–85. Bibcode:2014QSRv...96...72B. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.011 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
  5. ↑ Petronio, Carmelo; Bellucci, Luca; Martiinetto, Edoardo; Pandolfi, Luca; Salari, Leonardo (1 September 2011). "Biochronology and palaeoenvironmental changes from the Middle Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene in Central Italy". Geodiversitas . 33 (3): 485–517. doi:10.5252/g2011n3a4. hdl: 2318/128607 . ISSN   1280-9659 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via BioOne Digital Library.
  6. ↑ Sianis, Panagiotis D.; Kostopoulos, Dimitris S.; Roussiakis, Socrates; Athanassiou, Athanassios; Iliopoulos, George (4 May 2023). "The bovids (Artiodactyla) from the Lower Pleistocene locality of Karnezeika (Southern Greece)" . Historical Biology . 35 (5): 661–677. Bibcode:2023HBio...35..661S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2022.2060101. ISSN   0891-2963 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.
  7. ↑ Amirkhanov, H. A.; Ozherelyev, D. V.; Sablin, M. V.; Agadzhanyan, A. K. (22 February 2016). "Faunal remains from the Oldowan site of Muhkai II in the North Caucasus: Potential for dating and palaeolandscape reconstruction". Quaternary International . 395: 233–241. doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2014.12.061 . Retrieved 10 September 2025– via Elsevier Science Direct.
  8. ↑ Hemmer, Helmut; Kahlke, Ralf-Dietrich; Vekua, Abesalom K. (September 2011). "The cheetah Acinonyx pardinensis (Croizet et Jobert, 1828) s.l. at the hominin site of Dmanisi (Georgia) – A potential prime meat supplier in Early Pleistocene ecosystems" . Quaternary Science Reviews . 30 (19–20): 2703–2714. Bibcode:2011QSRv...30.2703H. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.024 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
  9. ↑ Strani, Flavia (3 October 2021). "Impact of Early and Middle Pleistocene major climatic events on the palaeoecology of Southern European ungulates" . Historical Biology . 33 (10): 2260–2275. Bibcode:2021HBio...33.2260S. doi:10.1080/08912963.2020.1782898. ISSN   0891-2963 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Taylor and Francis Online.
  10. ↑ Strani, Flavia; DeMiguel, Daniel; Sardella, Raffaele; Bellucci, Luca (1 August 2015). "Paleoenvironments and climatic changes in the Italian Peninsula during the Early Pleistocene: evidence from dental wear patterns of the ungulate community of Coste San Giacomo" . Quaternary Science Reviews . 121: 28–35. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.008 . Retrieved 15 November 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
  11. ↑ Strani, Flavia; DeMiguel, Daniel; Bellucci, Luca; Sardella, Raffaele (15 June 2018). "Dietary response of early Pleistocene ungulate communities to the climate oscillations of the Gelasian/Calabrian transition in Central Italy". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . 499: 102–111. Bibcode:2018PPP...499..102S. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.03.021 . Retrieved 7 September 2024– via Elsevier Science Direct.
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