Email this article New Data on Large Brown Bear (Ursus arctos L., 1758, Ursidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) from the Pleistocene in Yakutia
- Authors: Boeskorov G.G.1,2, Baryshnikov G.F.3, Tikhonov A.N.3, Protopopov A.V.2, Klimovsky A.I.2, Grigoriev S.E.4, Cheprasov M.Y.4, Novgorodov G.P.4, Shchelchkova M.V.5, van der Plicht J.6
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Affiliations:
- Institute of Diamond and Precious Metals Geology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
- Institute of Zoology, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Research Institute for Applied Ecology of the North, Ammosov Northeastern Federal University
- Institute of Natural Sciences, Ammosov Northeastern Federal University
- Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen
- Issue: Vol 486, No 2 (2019)
- Pages: 617-622
- Section: Geology
- URL: https://ogarev-online.ru/1028-334X/article/view/195042
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X19060242
- ID: 195042
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Abstract
New finds of brown bear (Ursus arctos L., 1758) fossil remains from the territory of Yakutia, namely, skulls and mandibular bones, have been investigated. The new finds are exceptionally large: most dimensions of these specimens exceed those of the present-day brown bears of Yakutia and even the maximal parameters of the largest individuals of the present-day Eurasian subspecies U. a. beringianus and U. a. piscator. Analysis of various data showed that giant brown bears had inhabited northern Yakutia during the Karginian interstadial in the Late Pleistocene.
About the authors
G. G. Boeskorov
Institute of Diamond and Precious Metals Geology,Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Author for correspondence.
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk, 677007; Yakutsk, 677007
G. F. Baryshnikov
Institute of Zoology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034
A. N. Tikhonov
Institute of Zoology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 199034
A. V. Protopopov
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk, 677007
A. I. Klimovsky
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk, 677007
S. E. Grigoriev
Research Institute for Applied Ecology of the North, Ammosov Northeastern Federal University
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk, 677013
M. Yu. Cheprasov
Research Institute for Applied Ecology of the North, Ammosov Northeastern Federal University
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk, 677013
G. P. Novgorodov
Research Institute for Applied Ecology of the North, Ammosov Northeastern Federal University
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk, 677013
M. V. Shchelchkova
Institute of Natural Sciences, Ammosov NortheasternFederal University
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Yakutsk
J. van der Plicht
Centre for Isotope Research, University of Groningen
Email: gboeskorov@mail.ru
Netherlands, Groningen, NL-9747
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