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Earliest Pleistocene European hippos: a review
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RESUMO: A dispersão de hipopótamos de África para a Europa no Pleistocénico inferior tem sido amplamente discutida. A maioria dos autores propõe uma única entrada de formas semelhantes à espécie africana
Hippopotamus gorgops, denominada Hip. antiquus ao entrar na Europa. No entanto, outros autores propõem uma primeira entrada de formas semelhantes ao táxon africano Hip. kaisensis, chamado Hip. antiquus ao
entrar na Europa, e uma segunda entrada de formas semelhantes ao Hip. gorgops, chamado Hip. tiberinus ao entrar na Europa. Neste trabalho, avaliamos o estado da arte do debate, revisando o registo fóssil de
hipopótamos e destacamos os últimos achados em locais da África Central à Europa e suas possíveis passagens.
ABSTRACT: The dispersal of the genus Hippopotamus from Africa to Europe in the Early Pleistocene has been widely discussed in the last decades. Most authors propose a single entry of forms similar to the African species Hippopotamus gorgops, named H. antiquus upon entering Europe. However, other authors propose a first entry of forms similar to the African taxon H. kaisensis, named H. antiquus upon entering Europe, and an Early Pleistocene second entry of forms similar to H. gorgops, named H. tiberinus upon entering Europe. In this work we evaluated the current state of the debate reviewing the fossil record of genus Hippopotamus highlighting the last findings in sites from central Africa to Europe and their possible passageways.
ABSTRACT: The dispersal of the genus Hippopotamus from Africa to Europe in the Early Pleistocene has been widely discussed in the last decades. Most authors propose a single entry of forms similar to the African species Hippopotamus gorgops, named H. antiquus upon entering Europe. However, other authors propose a first entry of forms similar to the African taxon H. kaisensis, named H. antiquus upon entering Europe, and an Early Pleistocene second entry of forms similar to H. gorgops, named H. tiberinus upon entering Europe. In this work we evaluated the current state of the debate reviewing the fossil record of genus Hippopotamus highlighting the last findings in sites from central Africa to Europe and their possible passageways.
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Hippopotamus Quaternário África Biogeografia Pleistocénico inferior Quaternary Africa Biogeography Early Pleistocene
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Fidalgo, Darío... [et.al.] - Earliest Pleistocene European hippos: a review. In: Comunicações Geológicas, Vol. 108 (2021) Fascículo Especial I, p. 69-73
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LNEG - Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia