更新世浜北人遺跡近辺より産出したトラの遺骸群集.

We reevaluate an accumulation of tiger(Panthera tigris)remains that was recovered from the Pleistocene'Hamakita Man'site in Hanamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture during the mid-1900s. The most abundantly preserved elements include vertebrae, humeri, ulnae, radii, hemipelves, femora, tibiae, and calcanea, but crania, teeth, ribs, metacarpals, sesamoids, and phalanges are also present. The minimum number of individuals based on any single element is four; however, we interpret that the assemblage comprises at least eight adults and one juvenile. It is unclear whether the tiger remains are the same age as the human remains also preserved at the Hamakita Man'site owing to the possibility of time-averaging of sedimentation and/or the redeposition of previously deposited bones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]