ICBS PROCEEDINGS and Merkenstein-(441m)nearBaden,Lower the -cave (1,420m)attheSäntis, in Alpine bearcaves.However, tworecently revisedsites, INTRODUCTION Liguirië (Italië). Het luipaard bereikte slechtsincidenteelhet Alpengebied metuitzonderingvandezuidelijke Franse Alpen en lochgrot inZwitserland. Toch isdedistributieinhetOostelijk Alpengebied beperkt, vooral bijgrotere hoogtes. Pleistoceen bereikte hetluipaard ookhet Alpengebied. Dehoogstgelegenvondsten komen vandeDrachen Hundsheim (Oostenrijk), gevolgd doorresten uitdeRepolustgrot inStyria(Oostenrijk). Gedurende hetLaat- het Oostelijk Alpengebied enZwitserland. Hetoudstebewijsmateriaal komt uithetMidden-Pleistoceen van Dit artikel presenteert eenherzieningvandegevonden luipaardresten inde Alpen meteen specialefocus op Samenvatting exception ofthesouthernFrench Alps andLiguria, . Alpine area islimited, especially athigherelevations. The leopard reached the Alpine area only occasionally with highest elevated findscomefrom theDrachenloch, Switzerland. Nonetheless, itsdistributionintotheEastern from Repolust-cave, Styria, Austria. DuringtheUpperPleistoceneleopard alsoreached thehigh Alps. The Switzerland. The oldestevidence comesfrom theMiddle PleistoceneofHundsheim, Austria, followed by remains The paper presents arevision ofleopard remains inthe Alps withspecialfocus ontheEastern Alpine area and Abstract OGY, GEOZENTRUM UZAII, ALTHANSTRASSE 14, A-1090 VIENNA, AUSTRIA, [email protected] GERNOT RABEDER OGY, GEOZENTRUM UZAII, ALTHANSTRASSE 14, A-1090 VIENNA, AUSTRIA, [email protected] MARTINA PACHER DURING THE UPPERPLEISTOCENE OF HUNTER THE ALPINEAREA RARE THE LEOPARD ( [ navicular bonewas found. Two remainsare currentlyhoused fragment mentioned byFreudenberg (1914)northefigured na confirmssixteen specimens.Neitherthethird metacarpal terial fromHundsheimattheNatural HistoryMuseum Vien 1914, Fig.XVIII:1r, Thenius, 1953). The revision ofthema ( lanx subsequentlyidentifiedas first evidenceofthecheetah listed andfiguredelevenremains amongthemadistalpha tioned inFreudenberg (1909).Lateron,Freudenberg (1914) come fromtheMiddlePleistoceneofHundsheim,firstmen REVISION OFSITES Switzerland. on arevisionofmaterialfromtheEastern Alpine areaand the Alps andtocompilemetricaldata.Specialfocusisgiven to summarizepossibleoccurrencesofPleistoceneleopardsin Diedrich, 2013;Hemmer sion ofPleistoceneleopards(eg.Hemmer&Schütt,1970; berg 1914)andlateronincludedinthetaxonomicdiscus been describedas from theMiddlePleistoceneofHundsheim,whichhavefirst published sofar. the opportunitytocompileandaudit Alpine leopardevidence identified skeletalelementsinthelattercave. Thisgivesus Pleistocene withtwenty-twointheformerrespectivelysix reveal morenumerousremainsoftherarehunter 42 Acinonyx intermedius Remains oftheleopard( The oldestremainsofleopardsintheEastern Alpine area The oldestknownremainsintheEastern Alpine areacome ]

Felis pardus UNIVERSITYOF VIENNA, INSTITUTEOFPALAEONTOLOGY, PALAEOBIOLOGY-VERTEBRATEPALAEONTOL UNIVERSITYOF VIENNA, INSTITUTEOFPALAEONTOLOGY, PALAEOBIOLOGY-VERTEBRATEPALAEONTOL n.sp.)atHundsheim(Freudenberg et al Panthera pardus ., 2003).Ouraim,however, is var. tulliana foss.(Freuden ) arerarefinds PANTHERA PARDUS ------assigned totheleopard (Fladerer, 1997b:). A patellafrom the phalanx (LMJ58278), originallyclassifiedaslynx, are er-cave, onecervicalvertebra (LMJ22648)andonemiddle finds, whoseidentificationisnot alwaysclear. AtHolzing ties totheleopardinsize(table8). was assignedtothelynx( confirmed. Anadditional proximalphalanx(LMJ55949) Mottl (1953)andoneproximalphalanx(LMJ57436)are one thirdmetacarpal(LMJ58280)listedasmetatarsalin only byasmallstream.Onepelvic-fragment(LMJ57435), mains fromBadl-caveoppositeofRepolust-cave,separated teeth (table4). B-14.0mm), dp4(L-14.1,B-5.0mm)andgermsofdeciduous mandible possessesthedc(L-13.6,B-9.5mm),dp3(L-10.8, juvenile (LMJ58978)isattributedto ever, onemt3(LMJ 57433)andamandiblefragmentof not befoundatthemuseum“Joanneum”inGraz.How and phalanges, soil arementioned(Mottl,1951:65-66,Fig.23). The canine a pelvicfragment(LMJ54612)fromtheauburnphosphate langes, onecanine,fourthmetacarpal(LMJ54613)and ditional faunalelements(Pacher, 2014). Two proximalpha towards theUpperPleistocenebasedonstratigraphyandad are mostlikelyfromthetransitionofMiddlePleistocene tions from440ma.s.l.(abovesealevel)to650m Pleistocene. All mentionedcavesiteslieatmoderateeleva older remains,aswellseveralfindsattributedtotheUpper Vienna (table2,table4-8,plate1). at thecollection Weinfurter atthe InstituteofPalaeontology Several cavesinthemountainarea nearGrazyieldsingle Probably ofsimilarchronologicalagearetheleopardre The leopardremainsfromRepolust-cavenearGraz,Styria The mountainareanearGrazyieldedchronologically

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- , and the CRANIUM These finds were spelaea. Panthera spelaea var. . Felis pardus Felis pardus In the Austrian High Alps, the leopard is only listed at Austrian High In the Alpine area, the leopard is known from In the Southern The upper canine from Drachenloch is figured in Diedrich The upper canine from Drachenloch is figured Bächler (1936; 1940) ascribed the leopard remains from At Ranggiloch, the fragment of a phalanx is assigned Ochsenhalt-cave with a left distal fragment of an upper P4 The element was not available for 2007:72, Fig. 5). (Geyer, this study. (2007) mentioned a lower Toškan Divje babe I, . m1 (length of paraconid = 9.8mm), a vertebra, a carpal bone, three medial phalanges and two distal phalanges from Panthera pardus table 19). New elements are labeled “WKV” for finds stud table 19). New elements are labeled “WKV” from Drachenloch are mentioned remains Two Vienna. ied in CXIII:1-2). and figured in Bächler (1940: 213 and plate The maxilla The canine is also labeled with “Drachenloch”. labeled The second metacarpal fragment was not available. comes also from the Drachenloch-cave and “AB 4-6 P.E.” was found within bear metapodials in the museum. The preserved Wildkirchli finds. (2013: fig. 6-5) among the (Diedrich total height of the incisors, 33mm and 36mm for 2013: fig. 6-3, 6-4), argues 2013: fig. 6-10) heavily abraded proximal radius (Diedrich shows affinities to a small-sized bear. to Wildkirchli the first evidence of the Pleistocene leopard in Switzerland. Nonetheless, the highest elevated occurrence lies at the Drachenloch (2,475m a.s.l.) followed by the Ranggiloch (1,845m a.s.l.) and the Chilchiloch (1,810m a.s.l.). In the Alpine area the highest elevated evidence comes Eastern Apart from from the Ochsenhalthöhle (1,660m a.s.l.), Styria. (1,477m a.s.l), remains of the leopard are scarce Wildkirchli Alpine sites and sometimes not well confirmed. in At 1964). to the leopard because of its dimensions (Koby, Chilchi-cave, the fragment of an upper P4 was as clearly identified as a right lower p3 from Schnurenloch (Koby, 1964:156, Fig. 31). CXI). Evidence of an upper M1 is based on Schmid (1940, CXI). Evidence of an upper M1 is based on - - et - - (table Panthera pardus is also mentioned at the Panthera pardus In course of this revision, twenty-one leopard remains are The most numerous remains at the high Alps are reported The most numerous remains at the high Undoubted leopard remains come from Merkenstein-cave, ., 2014) db = 34.7mm, btr = 24.4mm). already been figured by Bächler (1936: Fig.32, 1940: plate confirmed at Wildkirchli-cave (table 3); some of them have confirmed at large mammal remains were also examined. large Drachenloch, Wildkirchli and Wildenmannlisloch, financed Wildenmannlisloch, and Wildkirchli Drachenloch, by the Naturmuseum St. Gallen, Switzerland, the interesting from the Wildkirchli-cave, Switzerland. In course of a revi Wildkirchli-cave, from the Alpine sites sion of the remains from three Swiss exceed the values from the leopard of Cerè cave (Ghezzo al other Pleistocene elements at the site. Its dimensions (distal breadth (db) = 40.4mm, breadth of trochlea (btr) = 29.0mm) to the mentioned element of lynx (Wettstein & Mühlhofer, & Mühlhofer, to the mentioned element of lynx (Wettstein the from the preservation is different 1938). Surprisingly, 6), an upper incisor, and a right first tarsal bone. One distal 6), an upper incisor, humerus fragment from a leopard probably corresponds A recent revision yielded an additional pelvic-fragment, A for whose dimensions clearly argue of the p4 are on the lower range of values and are even small when compared to modern leopards (Nagel, 1997). stein & Mühlhofer, 1938:537, fig.5; Nagel, 1997). Both stein & Mühlhofer, The dimensions remains were not available for this study. its entrance at 441m a.s.l.. One lower p4 and a proximal phalanx have already been classified as leopard (Wett Lower Austria. This cave lies again at lower elevation with Austria. Lower 58909) labeled as male lynx is assigned to the leopard due to 58909) labeled as male lynx is assigned to the its size (table 8). not available at the collection of the museum “Joanneum” in not available at the collection of the museum (LMJ Graz. In addition, a middle phalanx from Spalten-cave phalanx (Fladerer & Frank, 1997) and listed for the Große phalanx (Fladerer & Frank, 1997) and listed The remains were 1997a). Peggauerwandhöhle (Fladerer, (Fladerer, 1997c). (Fladerer, based on a small-sized proximal Kugelstein-Tropfsteinhöhle, (Fladerer, 1997d:). The same holds true for a distal meta The same holds true for a 1997d:). (Fladerer, podial fragment (LMJ 58281) from the Fünffenstergrotte breadth of 18.7mm, a greatest length of 31.4mm and a depth breadth of 18.7mm, a greatest length of 31.4mm of leopards of 8.8mm the specimen falls within the range Luegloch (LMJ 58533) was referred to as lynx but the leop Luegloch (LMJ 58533) was referred to as lynx a greatest With ard is more likely because of its dimensions. Figure 1: Cave sites with Panthera pardus remains from the Eastern Alpine area and Switzerland (Abbreviations as in Table 1) Table as in Alpine area and Switzerland (Abbreviations remains from the Eastern pardus Cave sites with Panthera Figure 1: 1) Tabel en ZwitserlandAlpengebied (Afkortingen als in in het oostelijk pardus overblijfselen Grotten met Panthera Figuur 1:

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The proposed evidence at The proposed 1979). nano (Kotsakis & Palombo, have recently been and Soave-Sentiere Tenda Soave-Monte research leopards are confirmed at the Middle Pleistocene at the Middle Pleistocene are confirmed research leopards from Cerè cave (Ghezzo listed in Diedrich (2013) and five in Sauqué & Cuenca-Bes (2013) and five listed in Diedrich compilations and own Following the previous cós (2013). limited number of sites in this area with one site mentioned with one site mentioned of sites in this area limited number Three localities are (1940) and Fischer (2000). by Schmid Alps and is mainly restricted to sites at the southern Alpine Alpine the southern to sites at restricted is mainly Alps and a European finds show compilations of fringe. Previous

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, 514-558. Divje babe Divje babe Atti della Società CRANIUM , 256-272. Archiv für Naturgeschichte N.F. 7(4) N.F. Naturgeschichte für Archiv table XVIII:3h-i table XVIII:3h-i table XVIII:3h-i table XVIII:3f table XVIII:3e Freudenberg (1914) Freudenberg table XVIII:2c-d table XVIII:3b table XVIII:3a table XIX:F , 51-79. Valensi, P., E. Psathi (2004) Faunal Exploitation during the E. Psathi (2004) Faunal Exploitation P., Valensi, vertebrati della breccia ossifera dell’inter (1957) I V. Vialli, (1938). Die Fauna der Höhle von Mühlhofer F. O.V., Wettstein, Toškan, B. (2007) Remains of Large Mammals from Divje babe from Divje Mammals of Large (2007) Remains B. Toškan, I Upper Pleistocene Palaeolithic site in Slovenia. Part I: Geology in Slovenia. Part I: Geology Palaeolithic site I Upper Pleistocene Sloveniae Archaeologici Institutti Opera and Palaeontology. 221-278. Italy France and North-western in South-eastern Middle Palaeolithic 14 Journal of Osteoarchaeology International (Bergamo). glaciale Riss-Würm di Zandobbio e del Museo Civico di Storia naturale in Italiana di Scienze naturali Milano XCVI Merkenstein in N.Ö. I: stratigraphy, taxonomy and biometry. in: Turk, I. (Ed.) I. Turk, in: and biometry. taxonomy I: stratigraphy, - - - - as Machairodus as medial phalanx rearticulated articulated articulated articulated Comment Zooar 1909-II-170 1909-II-171 1909-II-172-1 1909-II-168 Weinfurter IPUW-coll. Weinfurter IPUW-coll. 1909-II-174+175 1909-II-174 1909-II-169 1909-II-169 1909-II-176 1909-II-176 1909-II-176 1909-II-170 Inventory number 1909-II-167 1909-II-174 1909-II-174 1909-II-174 , 71-96. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläon Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie , 225-238. Springer Science & Business Media, Dordrecht, & Business Media, Springer Science . Middle phalanx Mc4 sin Caudal vertebra Proximal phalanx Proximal phalanx Tarsal III sin Tarsal III dex Tarsal Calcaneus sin Naviculare sin Astragalus dex Astragalus sin Metapodial distal Scapholunatum dex Mt4 sin Mt5 dex Mt2 dex proximal Mt3 dex Element P3 sup Spassov, N., D. Raychev (1997) Late Wurm Panthera pardus Wurm N., D. Raychev (1997) Late Spassov, Thenius, E. (1953) Gepardreste aus dem Altquartär von Hunds Gepardreste aus dem Thenius, E. (1953) Tagliacozzo, A., M. Ronadini, I. Fiore, M. Gala, M. Peresani M. Gala, M. I. Fiore, A., M. Ronadini, Tagliacozzo, Tabel 2: Gereviseerde lijst van luipaardvondsten uit Hundsheim lijst van Gereviseerde 2: Tabel Table 2: Revised list of leopard remains from Hundsheim Revised 2: Table Historia naturalis bulgarica 7 Historia naturalis bulgarica remains from Bulgaria: the European leopards and the question of remains from Bulgaria: the until the Holocene on the Balkans. the probable species survival tologie Monatshefte 5 heim in Niederösterreich. heim in Niederösterreich. anthropologie 129-150. chaeology and Modern Human Origins: Human Hunting Behavior Human Hunting Behavior Modern Human Origins: chaeology and and Paleo Paleobiology Pleistocene, Vertebrate during the Later (2013) Animal Exploitation Strategies during the Uluzzian at Grotta the Uluzzian during Strategies Exploitation Animal (2013) J.D. Speth (Eds.) Italy). in: Clark, J.L., di Fumane (Verona,

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Wk-18 Wk-17 Wk-16 Wk-15 Wk-14 Wk-13 Wk-12 Wk-11 Wk-10 Wk-9 Wk-8 Wk-7 Wk-6 Wk-5 Wk-4 Wk-3 Wk-2 Wk-1 DL DL DL Material Wk-21 Wk-20 Wk-19 --- WKV-37 WKV-341 WKV-70 WKV-59 I 2,3m I 2,30m K 1m K 3m AIII 1,80m A4 1,3m K 1,5m K 3m K 2,60m I 2,10m --- K 2,9m WH AI 2,3m WH m2401,6m W WH m2332,7m K 2,9m AB4-6 P.E HIII 5,5Sch.41m?(80cm)4.5.20 H3 P512/IX/19214S.. Labeled calcaneus calcaneus astragalus mc5 mc4 ulna thor.-vertebra P4 sup C sup C sup C sup maxilla+p3+p4 mc2 maxilla+P4 Csup Element M1 sup ph2 ph2 ph1 postIV P3 sup ph3 ph1 postIV ph1antIV mt5 sin dex dex dex dex dex sin dex dex sin dex sin sin dex Side ? dex dex Taf. CXI Taf. CXI Taf. CXI Taf. CXI Taf. CXI Taf. CXI Taf. CXI Taf. CXI Taf. CXIII Taf. CXIII Bächler (1940) Schmid (1940) Taf. CXI CRANIUM

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- After Ghez zo et al., 2014: 84 dd 13.3 13.4 14.7 15.0 CRANIUM 13.0 dcb 12.6 13.2 14.4 15.0 14.6 12.8 13.9 14.9 13.7 db 14.5 13.3 14.5 15.2 16.3 16.2 16.1 14.8 14.8 corroded table 19 + own Schmid, 1940: + own Schmid, 1940: table 19 Schmid, 1940: table 19 Schmid, 1940: table 19 Schmid, 1940: table 19 Schmid, 1940: table 19 1940: plate CXIII after Bächler, Nagel, 1997: 216, table 1 1964:155 Koby, germ Comment 9.5 9.9 SD 9.3 9.0 9.6 10.8 10.1 11.8 11.8 10.8 8.9 9.1 9.0 8.1 9.4 Bdi pd 16.6 17.6 17.2 17.9 18.5 23.0 21.0 19.0 -- 9,6 9,6 7.4 9.2 Bm 15.0 18.0 15.9 15.0 16.1 17.0 13.5 12.0 14.8 14.0 17.8 pb 14.8 8.7 7.5 13.5 13.6 -- Bme 8.8 ------4.4 -- 8.8 B 10.8 -- 10.4 10.7 94.4 84.8 96.0 99.0 96.6 62.6 66.9 75.0* 76.0 69.7 gl 70.5 19.4 19.0 18.0 18.7 25.9 25.8 7.8 25.0 15.6 L 13.8 -- -- 13.7 Mt2 Mt3 Mt3 Mt4 Mt5 Mt5 Mc2 Mc2 Mc4 Mc4 Mc4 Mc5 Elem Mc3 LMJ 57433 1909-II-174 1909-II-175 1909-II-174 1909-II-174 AB4-6 P.E. IPUW LMJ 54613 Inv. LMJ 58280 V.5108-1 P4 sup (Max.) p4 inf (?) p3 inf m1 inf P4 sup (Max.) P4 sup sin M1 sup C sup dex C sup sin P3 sup P3 sup (Max.) Element C sup dex C sup dex Rep Mst Sn Wk-21 DL Wk-5 Wk-1 Wk-1 Wk-2 HH Wk-3 Wk-4 Site DL Wk-13 HH HH HH Rep Wk-9 HH Rep Wk-8 HH DL Ba Ce Site Tabel 5: Maten van metapoden van Panthera pardus van de greviseerde sites (gl = grootste lengte, pb = proximale breedte, pd = proximale pd = proximale breedte, pb = proximale sites (gl = grootste lengte, de greviseerde pardus van Panthera metapoden van Maten van 5: Tabel *gereconstrueerd dd = distale diepte), de condyle, dcb = distale breedte van db = distale breedte, SD = kleinste diafysebreedte, diepte, Table 5: Measurements of metapodials from Panthera pardus from the revised sites (gl = greatest length, pb = proximal breadth, pd = breadth, pb = proximal sites (gl = greatest length, pardus from the revised Measurements of metapodials from Panthera 5: Table *reconstructed dd = distal depth), dcb = distal condyle breadth, db = distal breadth, SD = smallest diaphyseal breadth, depth, proximal Tabel 4: Maten van tanden van Panthera pardus van de gereviseerde sites (L= lengte; B = breedte; Bme = mesiale breedte; Bm = breedte over breedte over Bm = breedte; Bme = mesiale B = breedte; sites (L= lengte; de gereviseerde pardus van Panthera tanden van Maten van 4: Tabel Bdi = distale breedte) de tand; het midden van Table 4: Measurements of teeth from Panthera pardus from the revised sites (L = length, B = breadth, Bme = mesial breadth, Bm = breadth in Bm Bme = mesial breadth, B = breadth, sites (L = length, pardus from the revised Measurements of teeth from Panthera 4: Table Bdi = distal breadth) the middle of the tooth,

] 48 [ ICBS PROCEEDINGS breedte van articulatievlak) Tabel 7: elementenvan Matenvan Panthera overige pardusvan degereviseerde sites(gb=grootstebreedte, gl=grootstelengte, baf= surface) breadth ofarticular Table 7: MeasurementsofadditionalelementsfromPanthera pardusfromtherevised sites(gb=greatestbreadth, gl=greatestlength, baf= rand, SH=kleinstehoogtevan iliumshacht, SB=kleinstebreedtevan iliumshacht, SC=kleinsteomtrekvan iliumshacht) Tabel 6: Matenvan hetbekken van Panthera pardusvan degereviseerde sites(LA=lengtevan acetabulum, LAR=lengtevan acetabulumop rim, SH=smallestheightofiliumshaft, SB=smallestbreadthofiliumshaft, SC=smallestcircumference atiliumshaft) Table 6: MeasurementofpelvicbonesfromPanthera pardusfromtherevised sites(LA=lengthofacetabulum, LAR=lengthofacetabulumon [ diepte, SD= kleinstebreedtevan diafyse, db=distalebreedte) *aanvankelijk alslynx gedetermineerd Tabel 8: Matenvan falangen van Panthera pardusvan degereviseerde sites(gl =grootstelengte, pb=proximale breedte, pd=proximale depth, SD=smallestdiaphysealbreadth, identifiedaslynx db=distalbreadth)*originally Table 8: Measurements ofphalangesfromPanthera pardusfromrevised sites(gl=greatestlength, pb=proximal breadth, pd=proximal 50 Site Wk-20 Wk-19 DB DB DB Sp* Hz* HH Ce Wk-18 Wk-15 Wk-14 TH Rep Mst HH HH Ba* Ba Site ] Site Rep Mst Ba

HH HH HH HH HH HH Inv. 1909-II-170 1909-II-170 1909-II-176 1909-II-176 1909-II-176 1909-II-169 V.5078-50 WKV-70 LMJ 57434 -- 172-1 171 LMJ 55949 LMJ 57436 Inv. WKV-37 WKV-341 LMJ 58909 LMJ 58279 IPUW Inv. LMJ 54612 NHMW-GP LMJ 57435 Ph2 Ph2 Ph2 Ph2 Ph2 Ph2 Ph2 Ph2 Ph2 Ph1 post Ph1 post Ph1 ant Ph1 ant Ph1 post Ph1 Ph1 Ph1 Ph1 Ph1 Element Element tarsal 3 tarsal 3 Navicular Calcaneus Astragalus Scapholun. LA 26.0 32.3 29.0 gl 23.0 31.9 31.6 30.5 27.5 29.0 (20.8) 26.0 30.3 38.5 40.4 45.5 16.1 41.0 41.4 39.4 39.3 38.0 42.7 gb 16.0 13.6 29.9 33.5 31.6 27.3 LAR pb 11.1 13.5 10.7 (9.0) 12.1 11.4 15.3 16.7 16.3 10.1 15.0 13.4 14,5 13.9 16.3 31.4 41.5 gl 29.5 28.1 26.0 69.2 39.0 24.7 pd 17.0 9.6 9.5 12.7 11.5 13.2 12.3 12.5 SH 37.0 25.1 35.3 SD 7.1 7.2 5.5 5.4 8.4 7.3 9.5 9.8 10.3 8.3 10.0 10.0 10.7 12.0 baf 29.2 23.5 26.5 db 11.0 12.5 13.0 11.3 10.7 8.6 8.0 11.0 10.9 11.9 13.6 12.8 8.5 10.3 11.9 11.8 12.1 depth 14.4 13.9 10.0 33.0 23.3 16.4 SB 17.0 9.5 17.7 After own data own data Toškan, 2007:231,Fig.11-12 Toškan, 2007:231,Fig.11-12 Toškan, 2007:231,Fig.11-12 own data juvenile, owndata own data Ghezzo etal.,2014 own data own data own data Fladerer &Frank,1997 Mottl, 1951:66 Nagel, 1997:218,table2 own data own data own data own data After own data own data Freudenberg, 1914:191 own data own data own data SC 64.0 90.0 98.0 CRANIUM

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