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The Ursus spelaeus disappearance archaeologically registered in the Northeast of Catalonia
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
The extinction of Ursus spelaeus remains controversial. In this paper, data from two archaeological sites from NE Iberian Peninsula are presented. Thus, the Middle-Upper Paleolithic term is thoroughly analysed by combining ...
Archaic and recent Ursus spelaeus forms from Lombardy and Venetia Region (North Italy)
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] Some Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller-Heinroth, 1784 cranial and mandibular remains coming from Northern Italy (Lombardy Region -Buco dell’Orso Cave, Laglio, Como-) and from Venetia Region (Cerè, S. Donà di Lamon and ...
The Evolution of Metapodial Bones in the Cave Bear Group and its biostratigraphical Implications
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] A short description of the methods is followed by some central results obtained from the analyses of metapodial bones in the cave bear group from sites in Austria and Italy. The evolution of metapodials shows, ...
Identification of ambiguous fossil bone remains following 13C and 15N isotopic signals on bone collagen
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] In this paper we deal with an useful application of isotopic studies on fossil bone remains. Following δ1 3C and δ1 5N signals recorded in bone collagen, it is possible to classify into the proper taxon some ...
Cave bear's diet: a new hypothesis based on stable isotopes
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] The Ursus spelaeus diet has always been a controversial topic in Paleontology. Both, morphometric and isotopic studies, have raised the hypothesis of herbivorism for this extinct ursid that belongs to the order ...
A review of the cave bear sex dimorphism
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] In this paper the influence of sex dimorphism in the population of cave bears from Cova Eirós (Triacastela, Galicia, Spain) is reviewed. The study will be centred in the skull, jaw and teeth, and principally in ...
Dental wear and grit ingestion in extant and extinct bears from Northern Spain
(Universidade da Coruña, 2001)
[Abstract] The dental morphology of the cave bear Ursus spelaeus (Rosenmuller & Heinroth, 1794) indicates its specialisation as a vegetation eater. Although vegetal matter plays also an important role in the diet of most ...