MAMMALS OF THE MOUNTAIN PART OF THE SOUTHERN URALS IN THE LAST INTERGLACIAL

摘要

The fossil faunas of mammals from layer 10 of excavation V of the Ignatievskaya Cave, southern Urals (54 degrees 53' N, 57 degrees 46' E) is described. Data on the species composition of the faunas from different horizons, as well as on the morphology and size of teeth and bones of bats, insectivorous mammals, lagomorphs and rodents are presented. The complexes of mammal species are evidence of the surrounding forested steppe (the upper half of the investigated sediments) and steppe environments (the lower half). The species composition, the morphological features of the teeth of some mammals suggest that the faunas belonged to the beginning of Mikulino (Eemian) Interglacial, being actually transitional from the preceding (Dnieper) glaciation (MIS 6-5e).