A revision of Gervais' archaeozoological collection from the Middle and LatePaleolithic site of Tournal Cave, France
Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Year: 2021

The old archaeozoological collection from the Tournal Cave (originally reported as Bize Cave) was donated to the National Museum of Natural History from Paris in 1869 by the French palaeontologist Paul Gervais. The small osteological collection contains the remains of reindeer (including the holotype of Capreolus tournalii) and horses. The detailed morphological and biometric study revealed a great similarity between the reindeer from the Tournal Cave and the ancient forest reindeer from the Pal