Giant Deer of the Genera Arvernoceros and Megaloceros (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of Taurida Cave in the Crimea

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Abstract

The presence of giant deers Arvernoceros verestchagini David, 1992 and Megaloceros cf. stavropolensis Titov et Shvyreva, 2016 has been discovered in the Early Pleistocene fauna (1.8–1.5 Ma) of the Tavrida Cave in the Crimea. A description of incomplete antlers and teeth is given. These autochthonous deers of the Early Pleistocene fauna of the Northern Black Sea region are characteristic of the Psekupsian faunal complex of southern Eastern Europe.

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I. A. Vislobokova

Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

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Russian Federation, Moscow, 117647

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