WOOLLY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS BLUMENBACH, 1799) OF THE KARGINSKY TIME FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK ARCHIPELAGO

Background. The remote location and the difficulty of access of the islands of the Novosibirsk archipelago is one of the reasons for their little study. As a result, many locations of mammoth fauna in this region remain still undescribed and unexplored. The paper describes the bone remains of two...

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Autor principal:	V. V. Plotnikov
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Publicado:	Penza State University Publishing House 2021
Materias:	mammuthus primigenius karginsky time late pleistocene novosibirsk archipelago islands medium- sized mammoths Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d96709391c044a849574a82cd2bb4d8d2021-11-16T06:46:02ZWOOLLY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS BLUMENBACH, 1799) OF THE KARGINSKY TIME FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK ARCHIPELAGO10.21685/2500-0578-2021-3-52500-0578https://doaj.org/article/d96709391c044a849574a82cd2bb4d8d2021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doaj.org/toc/2500-0578Background. The remote location and the difficulty of access of the islands of the Novosibirsk archipelago is one of the reasons for their little study. As a result, many locations of mammoth fauna in this region remain still undescribed and unexplored. The paper describes the bone remains of two representatives of the species «Woolly mammoths» (Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach, 1799) from the island of Kotelny and Bolshoy Lyakhovsky. The purpose of the work is to determine the habitat time and morphometric features of the found mammoth remains. Material and methods. To achieve this goal, all available morphometric parameters of the finds were measured, followed by a comparison of the obtained data with mammoths found on the mainland. In addition, radiocarbon dating was carried out on the studied samples in Tokyo (Japan). Results. The results of comparing the morphometric parameters of the studied remains with those of the mainland ones showed that the island mammoths were inferior in most parameters, i.e., having an identical individual age, the studied mammoths were not large in size of body. The results of radiocarbon dating correspond to the Karginsky time of the Late Pleistocene. Conclusions. The time of the habitat of the mammoths found on the islands coincides with the time of the existence of the so-called Beringian "bridge", when North America and Eurasia were connected in the area of modern Alaska and Chukotka. At that time, the islands of the Novosibirsk archipelago were part of the mainland. Probably, the small size of these mammoths is due to adaptation to a peculiar method of foraging.V. V. PlotnikovPenza State University Publishing Housearticlemammuthus primigeniuskarginsky timelate pleistocenenovosibirsk archipelagoislandsmedium- sized mammothsEcologyQH540-549.5ENRURussian Journal of Ecosystem Ecology, Iss 3 (2021)
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topic	mammuthus primigenius karginsky time late pleistocene novosibirsk archipelago islands medium- sized mammoths Ecology QH540-549.5
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description	Background. The remote location and the difficulty of access of the islands of the Novosibirsk archipelago is one of the reasons for their little study. As a result, many locations of mammoth fauna in this region remain still undescribed and unexplored. The paper describes the bone remains of two representatives of the species «Woolly mammoths» (Mammuthus primigenius Blumenbach, 1799) from the island of Kotelny and Bolshoy Lyakhovsky. The purpose of the work is to determine the habitat time and morphometric features of the found mammoth remains. Material and methods. To achieve this goal, all available morphometric parameters of the finds were measured, followed by a comparison of the obtained data with mammoths found on the mainland. In addition, radiocarbon dating was carried out on the studied samples in Tokyo (Japan). Results. The results of comparing the morphometric parameters of the studied remains with those of the mainland ones showed that the island mammoths were inferior in most parameters, i.e., having an identical individual age, the studied mammoths were not large in size of body. The results of radiocarbon dating correspond to the Karginsky time of the Late Pleistocene. Conclusions. The time of the habitat of the mammoths found on the islands coincides with the time of the existence of the so-called Beringian "bridge", when North America and Eurasia were connected in the area of modern Alaska and Chukotka. At that time, the islands of the Novosibirsk archipelago were part of the mainland. Probably, the small size of these mammoths is due to adaptation to a peculiar method of foraging.
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title	WOOLLY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS BLUMENBACH, 1799) OF THE KARGINSKY TIME FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK ARCHIPELAGO
title_short	WOOLLY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS BLUMENBACH, 1799) OF THE KARGINSKY TIME FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK ARCHIPELAGO
title_full	WOOLLY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS BLUMENBACH, 1799) OF THE KARGINSKY TIME FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK ARCHIPELAGO
title_fullStr	WOOLLY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS BLUMENBACH, 1799) OF THE KARGINSKY TIME FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK ARCHIPELAGO
title_full_unstemmed	WOOLLY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS BLUMENBACH, 1799) OF THE KARGINSKY TIME FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK ARCHIPELAGO
title_sort	woolly mammoths (mammuthus primigenius blumenbach, 1799) of the karginsky time from the novosibirsk archipelago
publisher	Penza State University Publishing House
publishDate	2021
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WOOLLY MAMMOTHS (MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS BLUMENBACH, 1799) OF THE KARGINSKY TIME FROM THE NOVOSIBIRSK ARCHIPELAGO

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