Preliminary analyses of the frozen mummies of mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius), bison ( Bison priscus) and horse ( Equus sp.) from the Yana‐Indigirka Lowland, Yakutia, Russia
Abstract The frozen bodies of a young woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ), a wild horse ( Equus sp.) and a steppe bison ( Bison priscus ) were recently found in the northern Yakutia (northeastern Siberia). All specimens have preserved bones, skin and soft tissues. Whereas the woolly mammoth and...
Published in: | Integrative Zoology |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2014
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Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12079 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2F1749-4877.12079 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1749-4877.12079 |
Summary: | Abstract The frozen bodies of a young woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ), a wild horse ( Equus sp.) and a steppe bison ( Bison priscus ) were recently found in the northern Yakutia (northeastern Siberia). All specimens have preserved bones, skin and soft tissues. Whereas the woolly mammoth and the Pleistocene horse were represented by partial frozen bodies, the steppe bison body was recovered in an absolutely complete state. All specimens were found frozen in the permafrost, with some of the tissues mummified. The wild horse and steppe bison are of Holocene age, and the mammoth is of Late Pleistocene age. |
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