Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 45(special issue) 2002

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VOL 45(special issue) 2002

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Mongolia, Altai, Pleistocene, fossil birds, Tsagan-Agui Cave

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Pleistocene birds from Tsagan-Agui Cave (Gobian Altai)

• Nicolay MARTYNOVICH

Abstract:

Interdisciplinary excavations of the Joint Soviet-Mongolian expedition undertaken in the Tsagan-Agui Cave (Gobian Altai, Outer Mongolia) between 1987 and 1989 yielded Paleolithic artifacts and abundant vertebrate remains. The Pleistocene bird remains collected from friable sandy sediments are examined. This material was obtained during the course of the excavation of the Terrace Zone and the Entrance Grotto in 1988 and 1989. 29 bird species, from steppic and semi-desert landscapes, were identified from a total of 3423 bone fragments.