Deer of the genus Megaloceros (Mammalia, Cervidae) from the Early Pleistocene of Ciscaucasia
- Autores: Titov V.1,2, Shvyreva A.3
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Afiliações:
- Southern Scientific Center
- Institute of Arid Zones, Southern Scientific Center
- Prozritelev and Prave Stavropol State Historical–Cultural and Nature–Landscape Museum Reserve
- Edição: Volume 50, Nº 1 (2016)
- Páginas: 87-95
- Seção: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0031-0301/article/view/166254
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030116010111
- ID: 166254
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Resumo
A new deer species, Megaloceros stavropolensis sp. nov., from the pre-Apsheronian sandy–clayey deltaic deposits of the Georgievsk sand pit (village of Podgornoe, Stavropol Region) is described. The fauna of large and small mammals from the bone beds of this locality is dated terminal Villanian, end of the MNQ 17 Zone, beginning of the Late Villafranchian, and assigned to the beginning of the Psekups Mammalian Assemblage. This is the earliest known member of the genus, which possesses antlers with well-developed palmation. The middle tine is absent and the posterior tine is a part of the antler palmation. Other specimens of Early Pleistocene Megaloceros are represented by fragments.
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V. Titov
Southern Scientific Center; Institute of Arid Zones, Southern Scientific Center
Autor responsável pela correspondência
Email: vvtitov@yandex.ru
Rússia, pr. Chekhova 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006; pr. Chekhova 41, Rostov-on-Don, 344006
A. Shvyreva
Prozritelev and Prave Stavropol State Historical–Cultural and Nature–Landscape Museum Reserve
Email: vvtitov@yandex.ru
Rússia, ul. Dzerzhinskogo 135, Stavropol, 355035