Kastykhtakh mammoth from Taimyr (Russia)

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• 作者：Irina V. Kirillova ; Fedor K. Shidlovskiy ; Vadim V. Titov
• 刊名：Quaternary International
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：25 October, 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：276-277
• 期：Complete
• 页码：269-277
• 全文大小：947 K

文摘

Taimyr Peninsula is a unique region of Northern Russia, with spectacular outstanding finds of complete mammoth skeletons and carcasses. In 2008, a skeleton of a small female mammoth was found in the Upper Karga deposits of Kastykhtakh River valley. The animal lived during the Middle Valdai megainterstage (Weichselian, Denekamp Interstadial) about 32070-30565 BP. The skeleton contains 104 bones. The individual shows several peculiar features, including skeletal malformations, such as the fissure in the atlas¡¯ neural arch, several fractures of ribs having been broken independently, sigmoid contact between lower molars m2 and m3, and a notable displacement of m2 relative to the axis of the mandible.