Toxocara canis (Werner, 1782) eggs in the pleistocene site of Menez-Dregan, France (300,000-500,000 years before present).
On the archaeological site of Menez-Dregan in Brittany, France, dated 300,000-500,000 years-old, paleoparasitological analysis of cave deposits led to the detection of well-preserved helminth eggs, which morphology and morphometry pointed to the diagnosis of Toxocara canis eggs, a parasite of carnivore mammals. Paleolithic remains suggested a parasitism of the hyena Crocuta spelaea or other canids that inhabited the region.
Bouchet
Françoise
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Laboratoire de Paléoparasitologie, EA 3308, associé CNRS ESA 8045, U.F.R de Pharmacie, Université de Reims, 51, rue Cognacq-Jay, 51096 Reims, France. francoise.bouchet@univ-reims.fr
Araújo
Adauto
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Harter
Stephanie
S
Chaves
Sérgio Miranda
SM
Duarte
Antonio Nascimento
AN
Monnier
Jean Laurent
JL
Ferreira
Luiz Fernando
LF
D000818:Animals; D001106:Archaeology; D005602:France; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D017166:Toxocara canis / Q000302:isolation & purification*