DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.03.016
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84962599316
论文题名: Taphonomy for taxonomists: Implications of predation in small mammal studies
作者: Fernández-Jalvo Y. ; Andrews P. ; Denys C. ; Sesé C. ; Stoetzel E. ; Marin-Monfort D. ; Pesquero D.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2016
卷: 139 起始页码: 138
结束页码: 157
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Digestion
; Predation
; Small mammals
; Taphonomy
; Taxonomy
Scopus关键词: Bone
; Sludge digestion
; Taxonomies
; Large mammals
; Occlusal surfaces
; Palaeoenvironment
; Predation
; Small mammals
; Taphonomy
; Mammals
; bone
; digestion
; fossil record
; identification method
; paleoecology
; paleoenvironment
; predation
; small mammal
; study method
; taphonomy
; taxonomy
; tooth
; Mammalia
; Soricidae
英文摘要: Predation is one of the most recurrent sources of bone accumulations. The influence of predation is widely studied for large mammal sites where humans, acting as predators, produce bone accumulations similar to carnivore accumulations. Similarly, small mammal fossil sites are mainly occupation levels of predators (nests or dens). In both cases, investigations of past events can be compared with present day equivalents or proxies. Chewing marks are sometimes present on large mammal predator accumulations, but digestion traits are the most direct indication of predation, and evidence for this is always present in small mammal (prey) fossil assemblages. Digestion grades and frequency indicates predator type and this is well established since the publication of Andrews (1990). The identification of the predator provides invaluable information for accurate interpretation of the palaeoenvironment. Traditionally, palaeoenvironmental interpretations are obtained from the taxonomic species identified in the site, but rather than providing direct interpretations of the surrounding palaeoenvironment, this procedure actually describes the dietary preferences of the predators and the type of occupation (nests, marking territory, dens, etc). This paper reviews the identification of traits produced by predators on arvicolins, murins and soricids using a method that may be used equally by taxonomists and taphonomists. It aims to provide the "tools" for taxonomists to identify the predator based on their methodology, which is examining the occlusal surfaces of teeth rather than their lateral aspects. This will greatly benefit both the work of taphonomists and taxonomists to recognize signs of predation and the improvement of subsequent palaeoecological interpretations of past organisms and sites by identifying both the prey and the predator. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59620
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作者单位: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC), José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, Madrid, Spain; The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, United Kingdom; Blandford Museum, Bere's Yard, Blandford, Dorset, United Kingdom; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - CNRS, UMR 7205 ISYEB, 55, rue Buffon, Paris, France; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - CNRS, UMR 7194 HNHP, Musée de l'Homme - Palais de Chaillot, 17 place du Trocadéro, Paris, France
Recommended Citation:
Fernández-Jalvo Y.,Andrews P.,Denys C.,et al. Taphonomy for taxonomists: Implications of predation in small mammal studies[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2016-01-01,139