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000150741 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1111/joa.14220
000150741 0248_ $$2sideral$$a142798
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000150741 100__ $$aCuccu, Andrea$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000150741 245__ $$aFirst insights into the life history of the early Miocene deer Procervulus ginsburgi from Spain
000150741 260__ $$c2025
000150741 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted
000150741 5203_ $$aThe small‐sized cervid Procervulus is considered as the most basal member of the Cervidae and one of the earliest ruminants bearing antler‐like appendages. The Iberian Miocene record of this stem‐cervid is extensively documented and largely overlaps with the Miocene Climatic Optimum (MCO), a transient period of global warming of particular interest when comparing present and near future conditions. Despite receiving a substantial amount of attention, histological studies on Procervulus are very scarce and only limited to postcranial remains of Procervulus praelucidus from Germany (MN3). Here we focus for the first time on the dental histology of Procervulus ginsburgi from the Early Miocene Iberian site of Artesilla (MN4, 16.49 Ma), and examine its daily enamel secretion rate (DSR), enamel extension rate (EER) and crown formation time (CFT). Results reveal a brief CTF and high DSR and EER for P. ginsburgi and suggest a fast development at least early in its ontogeny. In addition, the pronounced growth rate of P. ginsburgi emerges as higher than that of the roe deer C. capreolus—documented as an r‐strategist and here examined as a possible extant analog. Overall, our findings point toward a fast life history strategy for P. ginsburgi, which unexpectedly contrasts with that of the 2 million‐year‐older P. praelucidus from Wintershof‐West, with a marked slower growth and maturation. When these results are analyzed together with other evidence, the somewhat drier and more open conditions of Artesilla as a result of the effects of the MCO seem to be the explanation for the different life history and ecology between these Procervulus species. More generally, this study illustrates that life histories within a single genus evolve in response not only to internal constraints but also to the environments, as predicted by the Life History Theory.
000150741 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/E33-23R$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/AEI/PID2020-116220GB-I00$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/JDC2022-050216-I$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN PRE2021-096969
000150741 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/
000150741 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
000150741 700__ $$aCalderón, Teresa$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000150741 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0003-2487-547X$$aAzanza, Beatriz$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000150741 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6138-7227$$aDe Miguel, Daniel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza
000150741 7102_ $$12000$$2655$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Ciencias de la Tierra$$cÁrea Paleontología
000150741 773__ $$g(2025), [14 pp.]$$pJ. anat.$$tJOURNAL OF ANATOMY$$x0021-8782
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000150741 951__ $$a2025-02-21-10:19:09
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