An ancient bison from the mouth of the Rauchua River (Chukotka, Russia)

• Published in: Quaternary Research
• Main Authors: Kirillova, IV, Zanina, OG, Chernova, OF, Lapteva, EG, Trofimova, SS, Lebedev, VS, Tiunov, AV, Soares, AER, Shidlovskiy, FK, Shapiro, B
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2015
• Subjects: Rauchua; Chukotka; Tundra
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6nz064xt

© 2015 University of Washington. An incomplete carcass of an extinct bison, Bison ex gr. priscus, was discovered in 2012 in the mouth of the Rauchua River (69°30'N, 166°49'E), Chukotka. The carcass included the rump with two hind limbs, ribs, and large flap of hide from the abdomen and sid...