RESULTS OF THE STUDY OF A NEW PALEONTOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM THE BUOTAMA RIVER AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES (LENA PILLARS NATURE PARK)
https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2019.13.27558
Abstract
This article presents the results of a study of new paleontological material collected during field work in 2014, the field summer school “Lena Pillars” of 2018. In addition, the bone remains of mammals of the mammoth fauna, which are stored in the museum of Kachikattsy village, as well as, found in the summer of 2016 by students of the Oktemsky Lyceum. The descriptions of the most valuable bone residues, their metric and nonmetric features are given. As a result of studying the remains of mammals of the mammoth fauna, we determined the presence of the mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, Lena horse, red deer, moose, bison and bighorn sheep in the basin of the Buotama River and the adjacent territories. The presence of a cave lion in this region was reliably established for the first time. The remains of predators are much less common than the remains of more numerous herbivorous animals, due to the rule of the Elton ecological pyramid. In this regard, the finding of a fragment of the skull of a cave lion at Buotama is extremely rare. New finds of the remains of mammals of the mammoth fauna complement the information on the species composition and distribution of the mammoth fauna in the modern territory of the Lena Pillars Nature Park. The locations of the mammoth fauna in this protected natural area should be included in the list of natural monuments.
About the Authors
I. V. PonomarevRussian Federation
G. G. Boeskorov
Russian Federation
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Ponomarev I.V., Boeskorov G.G. RESULTS OF THE STUDY OF A NEW PALEONTOLOGICAL MATERIAL FROM THE BUOTAMA RIVER AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES (LENA PILLARS NATURE PARK). Vestnik of North-Eastern Federal University Series "Earth Sciences". 2019;(1):68-76. https://doi.org/10.25587/SVFU.2019.13.27558
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