Email this article A Mass Burial of Fossil Lions (Carnivora, Felidae, Panthera (Leo) ex gr. fossilis-spelaea) from Eurasia
- Authors: Gimranov D.O.1, Kotov V.G.2, Rumyantsev M.M.2, Silaev V.I.3, Yakovlev A.G.4, Yakovleva T.I.5, Zelenkov N.V.6, Sotnikova M.V.7, Devyashin M.M.1, Plasteeva N.A.1, Zaretskaya N.E.7, Nurmukhametov I.M.8, Smirnov N.G.1, Kosintsev P.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
- Institute of History, Language and Literature, Ufa Federal Research Center
- Institute of Geology, Komi Research Center, Ural Branch
- Institute of Geology, Ufa Federal Research Center
- Akmulla Bashkirian State Pedagogical University
- Borissiak Paleontological Institute
- Geological Institute
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- Issue: Vol 482, No 1 (2018)
- Pages: 191-193
- Section: General Biology
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/0012-4966/article/view/154369
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496618050046
- ID: 154369
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Abstract
The vertebrate fauna from the cave deposits in Imanai Cave in the Southern Urals (53°02′ N, 56°26′E) has been studied. It contains 715 bones that belonged to at least 11 individuals of fossil lion (Panthera (Leo) ex gr. fossilis-spelaea). It has been established that this is one of the largest Eurasian burial sites of fossil lions. The bones were accumulated due to the natural death of animals inside the cave. The age and sex estimations have shown that at least six adult males and five adult females died there. According to the accompanying fauna, radiocarbon, geochemical, and mineralogical analyses and archaeological finds, the interval of the lion bone accumulation is determined as the first half to middle of Late Pleistocene (OIS 5–3).
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D. O. Gimranov
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
Author for correspondence.
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
V. G. Kotov
Institute of History, Language and Literature, Ufa Federal Research Center
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Ufa, Bashkortostan
M. M. Rumyantsev
Institute of History, Language and Literature, Ufa Federal Research Center
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Ufa, Bashkortostan
V. I. Silaev
Institute of Geology, Komi Research Center, Ural Branch
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Syktyvkar, Komi Republic
A. G. Yakovlev
Institute of Geology, Ufa Federal Research Center
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Ufa
T. I. Yakovleva
Akmulla Bashkirian State Pedagogical University
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Ufa, Bashkortostan
N. V. Zelenkov
Borissiak Paleontological Institute
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
M. V. Sotnikova
Geological Institute
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
M. M. Devyashin
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
N. A. Plasteeva
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
N. E. Zaretskaya
Geological Institute
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow
I. M. Nurmukhametov
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Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Bashkiria National Park, Nugush Village, Meleuz raion, Bashkortostan
N. G. Smirnov
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
P. A. Kosintsev
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch
Email: djulfa250@rambler.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
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