Toxocara canis (Werner, 1782) eggs in the Pleistocene site of Menez-Dregan, France (300,000-500,000 years before present)

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Françoise Bouchet²  Adauto Araújo¹  Stephanie Harter²  Sérgio Miranda Chaves¹  Antonio Nascimento Duarte¹  Jean Laurent Monnier¹  Luiz Fernando Ferreira¹ 

[1] ,Université de Reims U.F.R de Pharmacie Laboratoire de PaléoparasitologieReims,France

关键词: paleoparasitology;    ancient parasitism;    parasite fossil record;    Toxocara canis;    paleofauna;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762003000900020

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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