Remains of cave hyenas Crocuta spelaea (Hyaenidae) from Late Pleistocene cave and alluvial localities in southern Western Siberia
S.K. Vasiliev,
N.D. Ovodov
Abstract:The results of studying 562 bone remains of Crocuta spelaea (Goldfuss, 1823) from 12 cave sites in Khakassia and Altai and 4 alluvial sites in the upper Ob River are presented. In the Fanatics cave in Khakassia, 3 almost complete skeletons of cave hyenas and one partially preserved were found. In this trap cave, 37–42 thousand years ago, hyenas died falling into a deep karst well. Morphometric analysis of the skulls and bones of the postcranial skeleton showed that the cave hyenas of the Late Pleistocene of so… Show more
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