Porcupine gnaw marks on a Late Pliocene bone from the Upper Siwaliks exposed near Village Khetpurali (Haryana, India)

Porcupine gnaw marks on a Late Pliocene bone from the Upper Siwaliks exposed near Village Khetpurali (Haryana, India)

Abstract Abstract:Bone accumulation by porcupines at archaeological sites is well known. However, in paleontological sites such a taphonomical occurrence is rather rare. We here report porcupine (Hystrix sp.) gnaw marks on an unidentified bone fragment, dated to ~2.6 Ma from the Upper Siwalik deposi...

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Main Authors: JAGJEET KAUR, RAJEEV PATNAIK, BAHADUR SINGH, KEWAL KRISHAN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2019-02-01
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Subjects:
porcupine
gnaw marks
Upper Siwalik
taphonomy
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652019000100501&lng=en&tlng=en

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