Giant Deer of the Genera Arvernoceros and Megaloceros (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of Taurida Cave in the Crimea

2024/10/01 by I. A. Vislobokova, И. А. Вислобокова
Social Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

paper · doi:10.1134/s0031030124600641

Abstract

Abstract The presence of giant deer Arvernoceros verestchagini David, 1992 and Megaloceros cf. stavropolensis Titov et Shvyreva, 2016 is recorded in the Early Pleistocene fauna (1.8–1.5 Ma) of Taurida Cave in the Crimea. Incomplete antlers and teeth are described. These autochthonous deer of the Early Pleistocene fauna of the Northern Black Sea region are characteristic of the Psekupsian faunal complex of southeastern Europe.

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