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  Earliest evidence of Toxocara sp. in a 1.2-million-yr-old extinct hyena (Pachycrocuta brevirostris) coprolite from Northwest Pakistan

Perri, A. R., Heinrich, S., Gur-Arieh, S., & Saunders, J. J. (2017). Earliest evidence of Toxocara sp. in a 1.2-million-yr-old extinct hyena (Pachycrocuta brevirostris) coprolite from Northwest Pakistan. Journal of Parasitology, 103(1), 138-141. doi:10.1645/16-71.

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Item Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002C-9494-E Version Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-002D-08E2-9
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Perri, Angela R.1, Author           
Heinrich, S., Author
Gur-Arieh, Shira1, 2, Author           
Saunders, J. J., Author
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1Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, ou_1497673              
2Max Planck Research Group on Plant Foods in Hominin Dietary Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society, ou_1497684              

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 Abstract: The study of fossil parasites can provide insight into the antiquity of host-parasite relationships and the origins and evolution of these paleoparasites. Here, a coprolite (fossilized feces) from the 1.2-million-year-old paleontological site of Haro River Quarry in northwestern Pakistan was analyzed for paleoparasites. Micromorphological thin sectioning and Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FTIR) analysis confirms the coprolite belonged to a bone-eating carnivore, likely the extinct giant short-faced hyena (Pachycrocuta brevirostris). Parasitological analysis shows the coprolite to be positive for Toxocara sp. To our knowledge, this is the earliest evidence for Toxocara sp. found.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2016-102017-02
 Publication Status: Issued
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1645/16-71
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Title: Journal of Parasitology
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 103 (1) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: 138 - 141 Identifier: ISSN: 1937-2345