TY - JOUR

T1 - Fossil insectivorous mammals (Eulipotyphla) of the southern Pre-Urals (Bashkortostan, Russia)

AU - Fadeeva, T.

AU - Yakovlev, Anatoliy

AU - Gimranov, D.

AU - Kosintsev, Pavel

AU - Cheremiskina, Kristina

N1 - The authors thank the reviewers of this paper for their useful comments and corrections. The study was carried out within the framework of the State budget theme № FMRS–2022–0010.

PY - 2024/2

Y1 - 2024/2

N2 - Seven species of red-toothed shrews (Sorex araneus, Sorex isodon, Sorex tundrensis, Sorex caecutiens, Sorex minutus, Sorex minutissimus, Neomys fodiens), white-toothed shrews (Crocidura sp.), moles (Talpa sp.) and hedgehogs (Erinaceus sp.) were found in Late Pleistocene and Holocene deposits of the southern part of the western slope of the Ural Mountains. In the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene deposits, the red-toothed shrews were dominated by S. tundrensis. This species disappeared from the area by the Late Holocene, when S. araneus became the predominant species. Smaller mandibular sizes have been registered for S. araneus in the Middle and Late Holocene, as compared to the sizes of older samples. The morphometric criteria have been established for a species differential diagnosis of the Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene mandibular samples of S. araneus and S. tundrensis, found in local deposits of the southern Pre-Urals area studied.

AB - Seven species of red-toothed shrews (Sorex araneus, Sorex isodon, Sorex tundrensis, Sorex caecutiens, Sorex minutus, Sorex minutissimus, Neomys fodiens), white-toothed shrews (Crocidura sp.), moles (Talpa sp.) and hedgehogs (Erinaceus sp.) were found in Late Pleistocene and Holocene deposits of the southern part of the western slope of the Ural Mountains. In the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene deposits, the red-toothed shrews were dominated by S. tundrensis. This species disappeared from the area by the Late Holocene, when S. araneus became the predominant species. Smaller mandibular sizes have been registered for S. araneus in the Middle and Late Holocene, as compared to the sizes of older samples. The morphometric criteria have been established for a species differential diagnosis of the Late Pleistocene – Early Holocene mandibular samples of S. araneus and S. tundrensis, found in local deposits of the southern Pre-Urals area studied.

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U2 - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108480

DO - 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108480

M3 - Article

VL - 325

JO - Quaternary Science Reviews

JF - Quaternary Science Reviews

SN - 0277-3791

M1 - 108480

ER -