Gallogoral
| Gallogoral Temporal range: Pliocene-Pleistocene
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Family: | Bovidae |
| Subfamily: | Caprinae |
| Genus: | †Gallogoral Guérin, 1965 |
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Gallogoral was a genus of caprine that lived in Europe during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs.
Geographic range
[edit]The species G. meneghinii has been found in France,[1][2][3] Italy,[4][5] Greece,[6] and Georgia.[7]
Palaeoecology
[edit]Fossil remains from Coste San Giacomo, dating to about 2.1 Ma, show G. meneghinii to have been a mixed feeder.[8] 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.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.