Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39(1) 1996

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VOL 39(1) 1996

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Mammalia, Late Pleistocene, palaeoecology, Urals, Russia

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Late Pleistocene megamammals of the Urals

• Pavel A. KOSINTSEV

Abstract:

An analysis of the species and the ratio of the remains of megamammals from 16 Late Pleistocene localities of the Urals is reported. The faunas of the early interstadial (Q_III, earlier than 33 000 years) include Cervus elaphus and Equus aff. latipes. The faunas of the Late Glacial have no C. elaphus and horses are represented by E. uralensis. In the northern Urals, Rangifer tarandus dominates in the faunas of the late Glacial, while in the central and southern Urals both R. tarandus and E. uralensis are abundant. In the late Glacial (Q_III4) the percentage of Marmota bobac and Lepus tanaiticus increases in the faunas from north to south. This fact indicates the existence of a climatic gradient in the Urals at that time.