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Preliminary analyses of the frozen mummies of mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ), bison ( Bison priscus ) and horse ( Equus sp.) from the Yana‐Indigirka Lowland, Yakutia, Russia
Author(s) -
BOESKOROV Gennady G.,
POTAPOVA Olga R.,
MASHCHENKO Eugeny N.,
PROTOPOPOV Albert V.,
KUZNETSOVA Tatyana V.,
AGENBROAD Larry,
TIKHONOV Alexey N.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
integrative zoology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 1749-4877
DOI - 10.1111/1749-4877.12079
Subject(s) - equus , mammoth , pleistocene , equidae , bison bison , equus asinus , steppe , archaeology , horse , donkey , geography , biology , zoology , ecology , paleontology
The frozen bodies of a young woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ), a wild horse ( Equus sp.) and a steppe bison ( Bison priscus ) were recently found in the northern Yakutia (northeastern Siberia). All specimens have preserved bones, skin and soft tissues. Whereas the woolly mammoth and the Pleistocene horse were represented by partial frozen bodies, the steppe bison body was recovered in an absolutely complete state. All specimens were found frozen in the permafrost, with some of the tissues mummified. The wild horse and steppe bison are of Holocene age, and the mammoth is of Late Pleistocene age.