Woolly rhino discovery in the lower Kolyma River
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Woolly rhino discovery in the lower Kolyma River. / Boeskorov, Gennady G.; Lazarev, Peter A.; Sher, Andrei V.; Davydov, Sergei P.; Bakulina, Nadezhda T.; Shchelchkova, Marina V.; Binladen, Jonas Khalid Mohamed Awad; Willerslev, Eske; Buigues, Bernard; Tikhonov, Alexey N.
In: Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 30, No. 17–18, 2011, p. 2262-2272.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Woolly rhino discovery in the lower Kolyma River
AU - Boeskorov, Gennady G.
AU - Lazarev, Peter A.
AU - Sher, Andrei V.
AU - Davydov, Sergei P.
AU - Bakulina, Nadezhda T.
AU - Shchelchkova, Marina V.
AU - Binladen, Jonas Khalid Mohamed Awad
AU - Willerslev, Eske
AU - Buigues, Bernard
AU - Tikhonov, Alexey N.
N1 - Beringia and Beyond: Papers Celebrating the Scientific Career of Andrei Vladimirovich Sher, 1939–2008
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - A nearly complete frozen mummy of a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis Blum., 1799) was discovered in a gold mine on the lower reaches of the Kolyma River, north–eastern Siberia. This is the first find of the whole body of woolly rhino in permafrost. A large part of the mummified body was preserved, including the left part of the body, covered by skin, including skin of the head and ear, fore and hind legs. The skull with 2 horns and the lower jaw were also preserved. Most of the internal organs were lost, except the intestines, stomach, and their contents. A rib fragment from this individual was dated by AMS-radiocarbon method to 39,140 ± 390 years BP (OxA-18755). Spore and pollen analyses of the stomach contents indicate that grasses and sagebrushes formed the main part of the diet of C. antiquitatis in this region of Arctic Siberia.
AB - A nearly complete frozen mummy of a woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta antiquitatis Blum., 1799) was discovered in a gold mine on the lower reaches of the Kolyma River, north–eastern Siberia. This is the first find of the whole body of woolly rhino in permafrost. A large part of the mummified body was preserved, including the left part of the body, covered by skin, including skin of the head and ear, fore and hind legs. The skull with 2 horns and the lower jaw were also preserved. Most of the internal organs were lost, except the intestines, stomach, and their contents. A rib fragment from this individual was dated by AMS-radiocarbon method to 39,140 ± 390 years BP (OxA-18755). Spore and pollen analyses of the stomach contents indicate that grasses and sagebrushes formed the main part of the diet of C. antiquitatis in this region of Arctic Siberia.
U2 - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.02.010
DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2011.02.010
M3 - Journal article
VL - 30
SP - 2262
EP - 2272
JO - Quaternary Science Reviews
JF - Quaternary Science Reviews
SN - 0277-3791
IS - 17–18
ER -
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