Records of Bison priscus Bojanus (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) skeletons in Western Siberia

Abstract

skeletons or even their articulated fragments are rare. Occasionally, the remains represent postcranial skeletons (Shpansky, unpublished data). In the West Siberian Plain, only three relatively complete articulated bison skeletons have been discovered to date. These include records in the sites of Vladimirskaya mine (Tom River, Kemerovo Region), Grigorievka Village (Irtysh River, Pavlodar Region), and Krasniy Yar Village (Ob River, Tomsk Region; Fig. The burial in the Vladimirskaya mine was described by P.M. The skeleton was located in diagonally layered alluvial sands at a depth about 6 m and comprised 34 bones, including a skull fragment and both mandibular rami. The two other finds have not been published yet (apart from morphological analysis of