Open AccessNew data on the large brown bear (Ursus arctos L., 1758, Ursidae, Carnivora, Mammalia) from the pleistocene of Yakutia
Author(s) -
Г. Г. Боескоров,
Gennady Baryshnikov,
А. Н. Тихонов,
А. В. Протопопов,
A. I. Klimovsky,
Semyon Grigoriev,
M. Yu. Cheprasov,
Г. П. Новгородов,
М. В. Щелчкова,
Johannes van der Plicht
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
doklady akademii nauk. rossijskaâ akademiâ nauk
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0869-5652
DOI - 10.31857/s0869-56524866685-690
Subject(s) - ursus , pleistocene , stadial , subspecies , paleontology , geography , geology , archaeology , population , demography , sociology
New finds of the fossil brown bear (Ursus arctos L., 1758) remains from the territory of Yakutia have been investigated: skulls and mandibular bones. The new finds are of exceptionally large sizes, most of their measurements far exceed those of not only the modern brown bear from Yakutia, but also the maximum values of the largest representatives of modern subspecies from Eurasia, U. a. beringianus and U. a. piscator. Analysis of various data indicates that the giant brown bear existed in the north of Yakutia during the Karginian interstadial of the Late Pleistocene.