Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 39(1) 1996

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VOL 39(1) 1996

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Late Middle Pleistocene, Likhvin Interglacial, Dniepr glacial, Russian Plain, small mammals

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Late Middle Pleistocene small mammal faunas from the Russian Plain and their analogs from western Europe

• Anastasia MARKOVA

Abstract:

A more complex sequence of natural events and small mammal faunas is known from eastern Europe during the late Middle Pleistocene than from western Europe. The interval between the Likhvin (Holstein) Interglacial and the Dniepr (Saalian) Glaciation include a further two climatic cycles as compared to the western European sequence. Sediments of most of these cycles contain small mammal localities. The most secure correlation is between the Likhvinian and Holsteinian micromammalian faunas.