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Article Reference Sédimentologie et Ostracodes de la limite Eifelien-Givetien à Resteigne (bord sud du Bassin de Dinant, Belgique)
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Article Reference Paléoécologie des Ostracodes au niveau de la limite des étages Frasnien et Famennien, à Senzeilles
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Article Reference Présence de Cypridinacea (Ostracodes) dans la partie supérieure du Frasnien du Bassin de Dinant
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Article Reference Les Ostracodes des sédiments envasants du récif de la carrière Beauchâteau, à Senzeilles (partie supérieure du Frasnien, Bassin de Dinant).
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Article Reference Etude biostratigraphique et paléoécologique des Ostracodes du récif de marbre rouge du Hautmont à Vodelée (Partie supérieure du Frasnien, Bassin de Dinant, Belgique)
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Article Reference text/h323 Etude biostratigraphique et paléoécologique des Ostracodes du sommet du Givétien et de la base du Frasnien à Ave-et-Auffe (Bord sud du Bassin de Dinant, Belgique).
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Article Reference Ponderodictya belliloci nov. sp., nouvelle espèce d'Ostracode (Metacopida) dans le Frasnien des Bassins de Namur et de Dinant (Belgique et nord de la France)
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Article Reference Présence d'Entomozoacea (Ostracodes) dans la partie famenienne de la coupe du Djebel Hèche (Gourara, Sahara algérien)
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Article Reference Les Ostracodes de la partie supérieure de la Formation de Teferguenite (Givétien) et de la Formation de Marhouna (Givétien - Famennien) de la coupe du Km 30 (Saoura, Sahara algérien)
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Article Reference A dietary perspective of cat-human interactions in two medieval harbors in Iran and Oman revealed through stable isotope analysis
Cats are hypercarnivorous, opportunistic animals that have adjusted to anthropogenic environments since the Neolithic period. Through humans, either by direct feeding and/or scavenging on food scraps, the diet of cats has been enriched with animals that they cannot kill themselves (e.g., large mammals, fish). Here, we conducted carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratio analysis to reconstruct the diet of medieval cats and investigate cat-human interactions in two medieval harbor sites (Qalhât, Oman and Siraf, Iran). The analysis included 28 cat individuals and 100 associated marine and terrestrial faunal samples pertaining to > 30 taxa. The isotopic results indicate a high marine protein-based diet for the cats from Qalhât and a mixed marine-terrestrial (C4) diet for the cats from Siraf. Cats at these sites most likely scavenged on both human food scraps and refuse related to fishing activities, with differences in the two sites most likely associated with the availability of marine resources and/or the living conditions of the cats. By shedding light on the dietary habits of cats from two medieval harbors in the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, this study illustrates the potential of stable isotope analysis in reconstructing human-cat interactions in the past.
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