EPTESICUS NILSSONII VARANGUS  SUBSP. NOV. (VESPERTILIONIDAE, CHIROPTERA) FROM THE LOWER PLEISTOCENE OF THE TAURIDA CAVE IN CRIMEA

A. V. Lopatin; Лопатин А. В.

doi:10.31857/S2686738923600073

EPTESICUS NILSSONII VARANGUS SUBSP. NOV. (VESPERTILIONIDAE, CHIROPTERA) FROM THE LOWER PLEISTOCENE OF THE TAURIDA CAVE IN CRIMEA

Authors: Lopatin A.V.¹
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1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
Issue: Vol 510, No 1 (2023)
Pages: 308-315
Section: Articles
URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2686-7389/article/view/135703
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686738923600073
EDN: https://elibrary.ru/QHRGYE
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Abstract

A new northern serotine bat Eptesicus nilssonii varangus subsp. nov. is described on the base of an incomplete skull and a mandibular fragment from the Lower Pleistocene deposits of the Taurida cave in the central Crimea. This is the earliest record of the species. The presence of E. nilssonii (Keyserling et Blasius, 1839) in the Early Pleistocene bat assemblage of the Taurida cave indicates that this species lived in the south of Eastern Europe before its spreading into Central and Southeastern Europe.

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Eptesicus nilssonii, northern serotine, chiropterans, Early Pleistocene, Crimea, cranial morphology, palatal ridges, nasal turbinals

About the authors

A. V. Lopatin

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Email: alopat@paleo.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

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