The Taurida Cave, a New Locality of Early Pleistocene Vertebrates in Crimea

A. V. Lopatin; K. K. Tarasenko; M. V. Sotnikova; E. N. Maschenko; N. V. Zelenkov; D. O. Gimranov; D. B. Startsev; A. V. Lavrov; I. A. Vislobokova; V. V. Titov

doi:10.1134/S0012496619020066

The Taurida Cave, a New Locality of Early Pleistocene Vertebrates in Crimea

Authors: Lopatin A.V.¹^,2, Tarasenko K.K.¹, Sotnikova M.V.³, Maschenko E.N.¹, Zelenkov N.V.¹, Gimranov D.O.⁴, Startsev D.B.⁵, Lavrov A.V.¹, Vislobokova I.A.¹, Titov V.V.⁶
Affiliations:
1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. Moscow State University
3. Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
4. Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
5. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University
6. Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Issue: Vol 485, No 1 (2019)
Pages: 40-43
Section: General Biology
URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/0012-4966/article/view/154451
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496619020066
ID: 154451

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We describe a vertebrate assemblage from the Pleistocene deposits of the Taurida karst cave discovered in 2018 in central Crimea (Zuya village, Belogorsk raion). The assemblage is correlated with Late Villafranchian faunas of the Eastern Mediterranean and has an approximate age of 1.8–1.5 Ma.