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THE HORSE REMAINS FROM THE LOCALITIES OF THE
EOPLEISTOCENE AND EARLY PLEISTOCENE OF UKRAINE
Logvynenko V.
National Museum of Natural History, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Bogdana Khmelnytskoho st. 15, Kyjiv 01601, Ukraine,
e-mail: pal-museum@profit.net.ua
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Horse remains from the localities of the Northern Black Sea
area (the Tamanian and Tiraspolian faunal complexes) are described.
Morphological analysis of the materials revealed the presence of two forms of
one-toed equids. Most fossils show the primitive morphology resembling
representatives of phylogenetic line Equus (Allohippus) sussenbornensis. The
second type of horse with larger protocone length and some progressive features
determined as E. (Equus) mosbachensis.
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Keywords: Eopleistocene, Pleistocene, horse, Ukraine.
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