This study aims to reconstruct the diet of two extinct Pleistocene dwarf elephant species from Sicily, Palaeoloxodon falconeri and Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, through the analysis of dental mesowear, conducted on specimens preserved at the Museum of Nature and Mankind of the University of Padua. This analysis provides information on feeding in the medium to long-term (a few weeks or months) and is complementary to the microwear analysis, which provides information on feeding in the short-term (a few days to a few weeks). Microwear of the same materials had already been the subject of a previous study (Rebuffi, 2020) and therefore was not re-analyzed in this project. In addition to the results related to the subject species, this work offers several methodological insights that are transferable to the analysis of tooth wear in other species.
L’oggetto di questo studio è la ricostruzione della dieta di due specie estinte di elefante nano del Pleistocene della Sicilia, Palaeoloxodon falconeri e Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, attraverso l'analisi della mesousura dentaria, condotta su campioni conservati presso il Museo della Natura e dell’Uomo dell’Università di Padova. Questa analisi fornisce informazioni sull'alimentazione nel medio-lungo termine (alcune settimane o mesi) ed è complementare a quella relativa alla microusura, che fornisce informazioni sull'alimentazione nel breve periodo (da alcuni giorni a poche settimane). La microusura degli stessi materiali era già stata oggetto di un precedente studio (Rebuffi, 2020) e dunque non è stata ri-analizzata in questo progetto. Oltre ai risultati sulle specie oggetto di studio, questo lavoro offre diversi spunti metodologici, trasferibili all’analisi di usura dentaria in altre specie.
LA DIETA DEGLI ELEFANTI NANI DELLA SICILIA, Palaeoloxodon falconeri e P. mnaidriensis, STUDIATA TRAMITE L’ANALISI DELLA MESOUSURA DENTARIA
GIALANELLA, MANUELA
2023/2024
Abstract
This study aims to reconstruct the diet of two extinct Pleistocene dwarf elephant species from Sicily, Palaeoloxodon falconeri and Palaeoloxodon mnaidriensis, through the analysis of dental mesowear, conducted on specimens preserved at the Museum of Nature and Mankind of the University of Padua. This analysis provides information on feeding in the medium to long-term (a few weeks or months) and is complementary to the microwear analysis, which provides information on feeding in the short-term (a few days to a few weeks). Microwear of the same materials had already been the subject of a previous study (Rebuffi, 2020) and therefore was not re-analyzed in this project. In addition to the results related to the subject species, this work offers several methodological insights that are transferable to the analysis of tooth wear in other species.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12608/77498