The northernmost and latest occurrence of the fossil porcupine (Hystrix brachyura vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941) in the Altai Mountains in the Late Pleistocene (ca. 32,000–41,000 cal BP)
This research was partly funded by the US NSF (EAR 06-22305)
; the Tomsk State University Programme “Academician D.I. Mendeleev Fund” (2016–2017)
; the RFBR (15-04-03882
; 16-55-14002 ANF-a) and it was also supported by the State Assignment Project 72 of the Russian Academy of Sciences (section 0330-2016-0018). We are grateful to researchers at the Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, the Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, for assistance with examination of reference collections, and the Institute's museum staff for their help.
Sobolev Institute of Geology & Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Laboratory of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Continental Ecosystems, Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russian Federation; Institute of Plant & Animal Ecology, Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation; Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation; Mining Institute, Urals Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Perm, Russian Federation; Arizona AMS Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States
Recommended Citation:
Kuzmin Y.V.,Kosintsev P.A.,Vasiliev S.K.,et al. The northernmost and latest occurrence of the fossil porcupine (Hystrix brachyura vinogradovi Argyropulo, 1941) in the Altai Mountains in the Late Pleistocene (ca. 32,000–41,000 cal BP)[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2017-01-01,161