Occurrence of the Giant Deer of the Genus Arvernoceros in Taurida Cave, Crimea

I A Vislobokova; V V Titov; A V Lavrov; D B Startsev; K K Tarasenko; A V Lopatin

doi:10.1134/S0012496619040057

Occurrence of the Giant Deer of the Genus Arvernoceros in Taurida Cave, Crimea

Dokl Biol Sci. 2019 Jul;487(1):115-118. doi: 10.1134/S0012496619040057. Epub 2019 Sep 30.

Authors

I A Vislobokova¹, V V Titov², A V Lavrov³, D B Startsev⁴, K K Tarasenko³, A V Lopatin^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia. ivisl@paleo.ru.
² Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
³ Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
⁴ Vernadsky Federal University of Crimea, Simferopol, Russia.
⁵ Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

PMID: 31571079
DOI: 10.1134/S0012496619040057

Abstract

The giant deer Arvernocerosverestchagini David, 1992, authochtonous species of the Early Pleistocene biota of North Black Sea coastal area, is discovered in Crimea. The giant deer was a member of fossil fauna of vertebrates from the Pleistocene deposits of Taurida karst cave. According to biochronological data, this fauna is dated to 1.8-1.5 Ma.

MeSH terms

Animals
Antlers / anatomy & histology
Caves
Deer / anatomy & histology*
Fossils / anatomy & histology*