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NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN
卷 99, 期 3, 页码 177-184出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0882-8
关键词
Raphus cucullatus; Insular ecosystem; Mare aux Songes; Mauritius; Taphonomy
资金
- Omnicane
- TNO-the Geological Survey of the Netherland
- Treub Foundation for Research in the Tropics
- World Wildlife Fund-The Netherlands
- Deltares
- Mauritius Museums Council
- Hollandia Archaeology
- Taylor Smith Group (Mauritius)
- Air Mauritius
- Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute
- Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis
Since 2005, excavations at Mare aux Songes, Mauritius, have revealed the presence of a very rich, similar to 4,200-year-old fossil bone bed including dodo (Raphus cucullatus) bones and bone fragments. The recently excavated dodo assemblage comprises at least 17 individuals and is characterised by the presence of small and fragile skeletal elements, a dominance of leg elements and an absence of juveniles. The hydrology of the area suggests that dodos, like many other species, were probably lured to Mare aux Songes by the presence of freshwater during times of drought. The most likely scenario for the origin of the fossil deposit is that animals became trapped in the sediment in repeated miring events, which would favour the conservation of hindlimbs. Such a scenario is fully in accordance with the taphonomic characteristics of the bone assemblage.
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