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CHRONOLOGY OF THE MIS 3 MEGAFAUNA IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST SIBERIA AND THE POSSIBILITY OF LATE SURVIVAL OF THE KHOZARIAN STEPPE MAMMOTH (MAMMUTHUS TROGONTHERII CHOSARICUS)

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Andrei V Shpansky  and
Yaroslav V Kuzmin Open the ORCID record for Yaroslav V Kuzmin [Opens in a new window]
Andrei V Shpansky
Affiliation:
Tomsk State University, Faculty of Geology, Tomsk634050, Russia
Yaroslav V Kuzmin*
Affiliation:
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, GIS Centre, Koptyug Ave. 3, Novosibirsk630090, Russia
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Abstract

We report a new series of radiocarbon (14C) dates on the MIS 3 megafauna for a previously poorly studied region of southeastern West Siberia. Some species, like woolly mammoth and woolly rhinoceros, and Pleistocene bison and horse, existed throughout the MIS 3 (ca. 29–59 ka cal BP); cave hyaena is dated to ca. 46,400 cal BP. The very late 14C dates on Khozarian steppe elephant (Mammuthus trogontherii chosaricus), ca. 45,100–45,400 cal BP, may indicate the survival of this species in Siberia up to MIS 3. More work is needed to confirm or reject this suggestion. Previously, Khozarian steppe elephant was known in Siberia only at the beginning of the Late Pleistocene (MIS 5e).

Keywords

Khozarian steppe elephant (Mammuthus trogontherii chosaricus)megafaunaMIS 3radiocarbon datingWest Siberia
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Radiocarbon , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , April 2021 , pp. 575 - 584
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