@article{fdi:010070661,
  title = {{N}ew pleistocene cave faunas of the andes of central {P}eru : radiocarbon ages and the survival of low latitude, pleistocene {DNA}},
  author = {{S}hockey, {B}. {J}. and {S}alas-{G}ismondi, {R}. and {B}aby, {P}atrice and {G}uyot, {J}ean-{L}oup and {B}altazar, {M}. {C}. and {H}uaman, {L}. and {C}lack, {A}. and {S}tucchi, {M}. and {P}ujos, {F}. and {E}merson, {J}. {M}. and {F}lynn, {J}. {J}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{P}eruvian citizens have led our team to their discoveries of {P}leistocene cave faunas in the central {A}ndes of {P}er. {T}hese caves ({J}atun {U}chco, {D}epartamento de {H}uanuco; {C}ueva {R}osello, {D}epartamento de {J}unin; and {T}rigo {J}irka, {D}epartamento de {H}uanuco) preserve numerous carnivorans ({P}uma, a sabercat [{S}milodon populator], an unnamed large extinct felid, fox [{L}ycalopex sp.], hognose skunk [{C}onepatus sp.]), deer (cf. {P}udu and cf. {H}ippocamelus), vicuna, an extinct horse (dagger {O}nohippidium devillei), a chinchillid rodent (cf. {L}agidium), bats ({A}noura, {D}esmodus, and {P}latalina), and sloths (dagger {M}egatherium, dagger {S}celidodon, and, dagger {D}iabolotherium). {B}ats were found only in the lowest cave ({J}atun {U}chco, 2,150 m), and ungulates were found only at {C}ueva {R}osello-the only cave studied in a region of flat terrain. {T}rigo {J}irka preserved ancient feces of a large animal and the keratin claw of dagger {D}iabolotherium. {C}ollagen for radiocarbon dating and {DNA} for phylogenetic studies have been isolated from bone from {C}ueva {R}osello (3,875 m) and {T}rigo {J}irka (2,700 m). {C}onventional radiometric ages from {C}ueva {R}osello are 23,340 +/- 120 and 22,220 +/- 130 years before present and that of {T}rigo {J}irka is 29,140 +/- 260. {A}ncient {DNA} (a{DNA}) from dagger {O}nohippidium of {C}ueva {R}osello (12 degrees {S}outh latitude) and dagger {D}iabolotherium of {T}rigo {J}irka (10 degrees {S}outh) is being used in phylogenetic studies. {T}he successful recovery of a{DNA} suggests that the cool temperatures, low humidity, and the shield from {UV} radiation of caves at high elevation can permit a{DNA} studies at low latitudes. {P}reviously, such studies have been limited to latitudes greater than 35 degrees for {P}leistocene samples.},
  keywords = {{P}leistocene ; cave fauna ; {G}reat {A}merican {B}iotic {I}nterchange ; {S}outh ; {A}merican mammals ; {A}ncient {DNA} ; palynology ; radiocarbon ages ; {PEROU}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{P}alaeontologia {E}lectronica},
  volume = {12},
  numero = {3},
  pages = {15{A}},
  ISSN = {1094-8074},
  year = {2009},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010070661},
}