Gallogoral

The species G. meneghinii has been found in France,{{Cite journal |last1=Nomade |first1=S. |last2=Pastre |first2=J.F. |last3=Guillou |first3=H. |last4=Faure |first4=M. |last5=Guérin |first5=C. |last6=Delson |first6=E. |last7=Debard |first7=E. |last8=Voinchet |first8=P. |last9=Messager |first9=E. |date=June 2014 |title=40Ar/39Ar constraints on some French landmark Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene large mammalian paleofaunas: Paleoenvironmental and paleoecological implications |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1871101412002038 |journal=Quaternary Geochronology |language=en |volume=21 |pages=2–15 |doi=10.1016/j.quageo.2012.12.006 |access-date=7 September 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Brugal |first1=Jean-Philip |last2=Argant |first2=Alain |last3=Boudadi-Maligne |first3=Myriam |last4=Crégut-Bonnoure |first4=Evelyne |last5=Croitor |first5=Roman |last6=Fernandez |first6=Philippe |last7=Fourvel |first7=Jean-Baptiste 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|url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/76774294/11-PALOMBO-VALLI-libre.pdf?1639851413=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DRemarks_on_the_Biochronology_of_Mammalia.pdf&Expires=1725743613&Signature=Z6cJiIP5fTYvxnEaHs21DNh6g41uWyvOXhoE1~YPwxGVjaQKLO8z-9ZJzKKl-MvuzM970y8NMtbVD3B8-kp-wGKn4CrWPoIVacaXGLzGIMJVb2N32u3rtWI477fXS6GQzs6RvM3svfz-k--FBcomSMk3bgf1bu5TUl7SWGYSpowIHwenxv1akvLo6D1PLJRIf9FlmezTDl~6LvfRaLoVgA371v59TOLBTVMKJfzhJ9L5PhMkQ4SIL8HF3tf1-JwhWRUGiXIxwUNJ3ij0bkMScbLJK9GkoJHNZBICxjlAGZmWSPEJNshoa4qttaFCROm-aOACtfrek0-Dy0wheOm1qw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA |journal=Geologica Romana |volume=37 |pages=145–163 |access-date=7 September 2024}} Italy,{{Cite journal |last1=Bellucci |first1=L. |last2=Bona |first2=F. |last3=Corrado |first3=P. |last4=Magri |first4=D. |last5=Mazzini |first5=I. |last6=Parenti |first6=F. |last7=Scardia |first7=G. |last8=Sardella |first8=R. |date=15 July 2014 |title=Evidence of late Gelasian dispersal of African fauna at Coste San Giacomo (Anagni Basin, central Italy): Early Pleistocene environments and the background of early human occupation in Europe |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379113004058 |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |language=en |volume=96 |pages=72–85 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.10.011 |bibcode=2014QSRv...96...72B |access-date=7 September 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last1=Petronio |first1=Carmelo |last2=Bellucci |first2=Luca |last3=Martiinetto |first3=Edoardo |last4=Pandolfi |first4=Luca |last5=Salari |first5=Leonardo |date=1 September 2011 |title=Biochronology and palaeoenvironmental changes from the Middle Pliocene to the Late Pleistocene in Central Italy |url=https://bioone.org/journals/geodiversitas/volume-33/issue-3/g2011n3a4/Biochronology-and-palaeoenvironmental-changes-from-the-Middle-Pliocene-to-the/10.5252/g2011n3a4.full |journal=Geodiversitas |language=en |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=485–517 |doi=10.5252/g2011n3a4 |hdl=2318/128607 |issn=1280-9659 |access-date=7 September 2024 |via=BioOne Digital Library|hdl-access=free }} Greece,{{Cite journal |last1=Sianis |first1=Panagiotis D. |last2=Kostopoulos |first2=Dimitris S. |last3=Roussiakis |first3=Socrates |last4=Athanassiou |first4=Athanassios |last5=Iliopoulos |first5=George |date=4 May 2023 |title=The bovids (Artiodactyla) from the Lower Pleistocene locality of Karnezeika (Southern Greece) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2022.2060101 |journal=Historical Biology |language=en |volume=35 |issue=5 |pages=661–677 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2022.2060101 |bibcode=2023HBio...35..661S |issn=0891-2963 |access-date=7 September 2024 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|url-access=subscription }} and Georgia.{{Cite journal |last1=Hemmer |first1=Helmut |last2=Kahlke |first2=Ralf-Dietrich |last3=Vekua |first3=Abesalom K. |date=September 2011 |title=The cheetah Acinonyx pardinensis (Croizet et Jobert, 1828) s.l. at the hominin site of Dmanisi (Georgia) – A potential prime meat supplier in Early Pleistocene ecosystems |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379111001703 |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |language=en |volume=30 |issue=19–20 |pages=2703–2714 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.05.024 |bibcode=2011QSRv...30.2703H |access-date=7 September 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }}

Fossil remains from Coste San Giacomo, dating to about 2.1 Ma, show G. meneghinii to have been a mixed feeder.{{Cite journal |last=Strani |first=Flavia |date=3 October 2021 |title=Impact of Early and Middle Pleistocene major climatic events on the palaeoecology of Southern European ungulates |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2020.1782898 |journal=Historical Biology |language=en |volume=33 |issue=10 |pages=2260–2275 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2020.1782898 |bibcode=2021HBio...33.2260S |issn=0891-2963 |access-date=7 September 2024 |via=Taylor and Francis Online|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Strani |first=Flavia |last2=DeMiguel |first2=Daniel |last3=Sardella |first3=Raffaele |last4=Bellucci |first4=Luca |date=1 August 2015 |title=Paleoenvironments and climatic changes in the Italian Peninsula during the Early Pleistocene: evidence from dental wear patterns of the ungulate community of Coste San Giacomo |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379115002073 |journal=Quaternary Science Reviews |language=en |volume=121 |pages=28–35 |doi=10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.05.008 |access-date=15 November 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct|url-access=subscription }} However, remains from the site of Olivola dating to around the time of the Gelasian-Calabrian transition instead suggest that G. meneghinii was a grazer, as evidenced by its dental wear showing signs of heavy consumption of grass, grit, and dust. It had a preference for mountainous habitats.{{Cite journal |last1=Strani |first1=Flavia |last2=DeMiguel |first2=Daniel |last3=Bellucci |first3=Luca |last4=Sardella |first4=Raffaele |date=15 June 2018 |title=Dietary response of early Pleistocene ungulate communities to the climate oscillations of the Gelasian/Calabrian transition in Central Italy |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0031018218300634 |journal=Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology |language=en |volume=499 |pages=102–111 |doi=10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.03.021 |bibcode=2018PPP...499..102S |access-date=7 September 2024 |via=Elsevier Science Direct}}

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