2022/06/01 by I. A. Vislobokova, И. А. Вислобокова · 2 citations
Social Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research #Marine and environmental studies
paper · doi:10.1134/s0031030122030157
The study of the fossil remains of Caprinae (horn core, upper and lower jaws), found in 2020 in the Lower Pleistocene deposits of the Taurida Cave in the Crimea, revealed their belonging to Soergelia minor Moya-Sola, 1987. These fossils are the first evidence of the genus Soergelia Schaub, 1951 in Eastern Europe. S. minor occurred in the Early Pleistocene in the south of Western Europe and was found in the Crimea for the first time. The findings of Soergelia in Taurida are important for clarifying features of the evolution and distribution of the genus.