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Occurrence of the Giant Deer of the Genus Arvernoceros in Taurida Cave, Crimea

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The giant deer Arvernocerosverestchagini David, 1992, authochtonous species of the Early Pleistocene biota of North Black Sea coastal area, is discovered in Crimea. The giant deer was a member of fossil fauna of vertebrates from the Pleistocene deposits of Taurida karst cave. According to biochronological data, this fauna is dated to 1.8–1.5 Ma.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors would like to thank all members of the excavation team of 2018.

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This work was partially funded by the Fundamental Research Program of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences “The Evolution of the Organic World. The role and influence of planetary processes”, as well as under the government assignment of the Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences for 2019, project no. 01201363186.

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  1. Borissiak Paleontological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    I. A. Vislobokova, A. V. Lavrov, K. K. Tarasenko &  A. V. Lopatin

  2. Southern Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    V. V. Titov

  3. Vernadsky Federal University of Crimea, Simferopol, Russia

    D. B. Startsev

  4. Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Lopatin

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Vislobokova, I.A., Titov, V.V., Lavrov, A.V. et al. Occurrence of the Giant Deer of the Genus Arvernoceros in Taurida Cave, Crimea. Dokl Biol Sci 487, 115–118 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012496619040057

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