The Vallparadís section (Terrassa, Iberian peninsula) and the latest Villafranchian faunas of Europe

J Madurell-Malapeira, R Minwer-Barakat… - Quaternary Science …, 2010 - Elsevier
The late Early to early Middle Pleistocene section from Torrent de Vallparadís is a 20 m-
thick, composite section with multiple stratigraphic horizons, which have yielded close to …

Deconstructing mammal dispersals and faunal dynamics in SW Europe during the Quaternary

MR Palombo - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
This research aims to investigate the relationships between climate change and faunal
dynamics in south-west Europe, disentangling the asynchronous and diachronous dispersal …

[PDF][PDF] Villafranchian large mammals from the Iberian Peninsula: paleobiogeography, paleoecology and dispersal events

J Madurell-Malapeira, S Ros-Montoya… - Journal of Iberian …, 2014 - academia.edu
Abstract The Pleistocene of the Iberian Peninsula is currently a focus of intense
paleontological, archaeological and geological research. To a large extent, these inquiries …

Stratigraphical and palaeontological data from the Early Pleistocene Pirro 10 site of Pirro Nord (Puglia, south eastern Italy)

M Pavia, M Zunino, M Coltorti, C Angelone… - Quaternary …, 2012 - Elsevier
The Pirro Nord palaeontological and archaeological locality has been the object of recent
field research to investigate the fossil content of its Early Pleistocene vertebrate …

Pleistocene leopards in the Iberian Peninsula: New evidence from palaeontological and archaeological contexts in the Mediterranean region

A Sanchis, C Tormo, V Sauqué, V Sanchis… - Quaternary Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study analyses the fossil record of leopards in the Iberian Peninsula. According to the
systematic and morphometric features of new remains, identified mainly in Late Pleistocene …

Carnivora from the Early Pleistocene locality of Karnezeika (Southern Greece)

PD Sianis, A Athanassiou, S Roussiakis, G Iliopoulos - Geobios, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Karnezeika is an Early Pleistocene locality in the Peloponnese, South Greece.
More than 3000 specimens have been unearthed and studied, revealing the presence of a …

Predator–prey relationships and the role of Homo in Early Pleistocene food webs in Southern Europe

J Rodríguez, G Rodríguez-Gómez… - Palaeogeography …, 2012 - Elsevier
Predator/prey relationships in Mediterranean Europe during the Early Pleistocene are
analysed at the local and regional scales and compared to patterns observed in recent …

Pleistocene rodents from the Torrent de Vallparadís section (Terrassa, northeastern Spain) and biochronological implications

R Minwer-Barakat, J Madurell-Malapeira… - Journal of Vertebrate …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, the rodents from the composite section of Torrent de Vallparadís (Terrassa,
northeastern Spain) are described, with particular emphasis on the arvicolines. Due to their …

Carrying capacity, carnivoran richness and hominin survival in Europe

J Rodríguez, A Mateos - Journal of Human Evolution, 2018 - Elsevier
Carrying capacity, the maximum biomass that an ecosystem can sustain over the long term,
strongly influences several ecological processes and it is also one of the main determinants …

Evaluating the impact of Homo-carnivore competition in European human settlements during the early to middle Pleistocene

G Rodriguez-Gomez, J Rodríguez… - Quaternary …, 2017 - cambridge.org
Fossil remains and the technological complexes recorded in archaeological sites suggest
that the human presence in Europe late in the early and middle Pleistocene was …