DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.03.029
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84928526464
论文题名: On the discovery of a cave lion from the Malyi Anyui River (Chukotka, Russia)
作者: Kirillova I.V. ; Tiunov A.V. ; Levchenko V.A. ; Chernova O.F. ; Yudin V.G. ; Bertuch F. ; Shidlovskiy F.K.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2015
卷: 117 起始页码: 135
结束页码: 151
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Cave lion
; Chukotka
; Diet
; Skeleton
Scopus关键词: Bone
; Geochronology
; Musculoskeletal system
; Nutrition
; Chukotka
; Isotopic study
; Local residents
; Pleistocene sediments
; Postcranial skeleton
; Sem examinations
; Skeleton
; Western Europe
; Caves
; Bison
; Equidae
; Panthera
; Rangifer tarandus
; Rhinoceros
英文摘要: An incomplete postcranial skeleton (67 elements) of a cave lion, a lower jaw and a bundle of fine yellowish hair were found by a local resident in 2008 and 2009 washed out from the perennially frozen Pleistocene sediments in the lower reaches of the Malyi Anyui River (western Chukotka). This is the first skeleton of a cave lion (. Panthera spelaea Goldfuss) to be found in Russia. The bone sizes are similar to finds of cave lion bones known from N-E Russia, but larger than East Beringian and smaller than West European ones. The remains have been studied using a variety of methods, including morphology, morphometry, SEM-examination, AMS-dating, and isotopic study, which included examination of over 100 samples of various members of the mammoth faunal assemblage (mammoth, wooly rhinoceros, bison, horse, bear, etc.). The results showed that the northeastern Asian cave lion hunted mainly bison and horses, but not reindeer, unlike its Western Europe counterpart. Bone and claw sheath dating showed an unexpectedly old geochronological age of over 61,000 years (OZQ290, OZQ291), while the hair was dated 28,690±130 (OZQ292), which makes its affinity with the same individual as the skeleton questionable. Further studies to investigate possible unremoved contamination and obtain more reliable date are planned. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59935
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作者单位: Ice Age Museum, National Alliance of Shidlovskiy Ice Age, 119 bld, Mira pr, Moscow, Russian Federation; Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 33, Moscow, Russian Federation; Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Locked Bag 2001, Kirrawee DC, NSW, Australia; Institute of Biology and Soil Science Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Stoletiya Vladivostoka, 159, Vladivostok, Russian Federation
Recommended Citation:
Kirillova I.V.,Tiunov A.V.,Levchenko V.A.,et al. On the discovery of a cave lion from the Malyi Anyui River (Chukotka, Russia)[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2015-01-01,117