Oursalp programm: Beitrag der Baré d'Onnion Höhle (Haute-savoie, Frankreich) und erste schlussfolgerungen aus dem programm

Oursalp programme: Contribution of the Baré d'Onnion Cave (Haute-Savoie, France) and first conclusions of the programme

Alain Argant (1) , Jean-Marc Elalouf (2) , Céline Bon (3)

1 LAMPEA - Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe-Afrique
2 LPG - Laboratoire de Physiogénomique / NeuroTranscriptomes et Paléogénétique
3 SBIGeM - Service de Biologie Intégrative et Génétique Moléculaire

The OURSALP-Programme aimed to register bears of all epochs in the Jura and the French Alps. The first conclusions of the OURSALP-Programme mainly concern the Chartreuse massif which yields the youngest Ursus spelaeus known in the Prealps. In the Chablais Alps, the Baré Cave at Onnion (Haute-Savoie, France) diggen by J.-c. SpAhni and D. rigASSi in 1950–1951, yielded an important palaeonto-logical material, with many bear remains. The 14 C-AMS dating of six pieces determines the chronology of the fauna assemblage, from 21,970 ± 250 BP to 36,100 ± 1,400 BP. Three morphotypes were selected among six second upper molars of cave bear and ancient DNA analysis was attempted at the CEA Saclay in Gif-sur-Yvette. One positive result indicates that they belong with certainty to the Ursus spelaeus group.

Domaines: Paléontologie; Sciences de la Terre

Alain Argant, Jean-Marc Elalouf, Céline Bon. Oursalp programme: Contribution of the Baré d'Onnion Cave (Haute-Savoie, France) and first conclusions of the programme. Braunschweiger Naturkundliche Schriften Band, 2012, 11, pp.3-11. ⟨hal-01778663⟩