Last population of cave lion (Panthera (Leo) spelaea) in the extreme south-west of Europe: Carigüela cave (Southern Iberian Peninsula)

Riquelme Cantal, José Antonio; Garrido Anguita, Juan Manuel; Delgado Huertas, Antonio; Castaños Ugarte, Pedro María; Jiménez Barredo, Fernando; Hasozbek, Altug; Simón-Vallejo, María D.; Ávila Ramírez, Rocío; Rivas Carmona, M. del Mar; Cortés-Sánchez, Miguel

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Author

Riquelme Cantal, José Antonio

Garrido Anguita, Juan Manuel

Delgado Huertas, Antonio

Castaños Ugarte, Pedro María

Jiménez Barredo, Fernando

Hasozbek, Altug

Simón-Vallejo, María D.

Ávila Ramírez, Rocío

Rivas Carmona, M. del Mar

Cortés-Sánchez, Miguel

Publisher

Elsevier

Date

2024

Subject

Cave lion
Late Middle Pleistocene
U/Th dating
Southern Iberian

Abstract

The revision of the fauna of Carigüela (Píñar, Granada) has yielded the remains of a cave lion hitherto unknown at this site. The comparative morphometric study of the distal humerus fragment has led to its attribution to Panthera spelaea Goldfuss. From two samples of the bone and using the U/Th technique, an absolute dating of 145–148 ka (MIS 6) has been established. The geographical location of the site makes the cave lion of Carigüela, together with that of Solana del Zamborino, the two most southerly records of this species in Europe. In the case of the former, it is the most recent reference of this species for southern Iberia.

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10396/29740

Fuente

Cantal, J. A. R., Anguita, J. M. G., Huertas, A. D., Ugarte, P. M. C., Barredo, F. J., Hasozbek, A., Simón-Vallejo, M. D., Ramírez, R. Á., Carmona, M. a. M. R., & Cortés-Sánchez, M. (2024). Last population of cave lion (Panthera (Leo) spelaea) in the extreme south-west of Europe: Carigüela cave (Southern Iberian Peninsula). Journal Of Archaeological Science Reports, 57, 104584

Versión del Editor

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104584