Variability and morphological peatures of Woolly Rhinoceros skulls (Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach 1799)) from Northeastern Asia in the late Pleistocene

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dc.contributor.authorPuzachenko, AYen_AU
dc.contributor.authorKirillova, IVen_AU
dc.contributor.authorShidlovsky, FKen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLevchenko, VAen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-18T00:19:36Zen_AU
dc.date.available2024-11-18T00:19:36Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2021-12en_AU
dc.date.statistics2024-11-15en_AU
dc.description.abstractAbstract: We studied 63 woolly rhinoceros skulls from the northeast of Russia (northwestern Chukotka, northeastern Yakutia) housed in the collection of the “Ice Age” Museum-Theatre, Moscow. Both sexual dimorphism and size/shape variability of woolly rhinoceros skulls are explored using univariate and multivariate statistics for the first time. Peculiarities of the variability, which are probably related to gender, are expressed in (1) different sets of skull variables the variability of which does not depend on “general size” variations and (2) differences in skull allometry in males and females. The structure of morphological variability is discussed. Statistically significant morphological heterogeneity is detected within the male and female samples. This is shown to be the consequence of the presence of two size groups that are not related to individual age. Based on published radiocarbon dates, it is hypothesized that there was a decrease in skull size in the woolly rhinoceros is at the end of megainterstadial (MIS) 3 to the early Last Glacial Maximum MIS 2 in northeastern Asia. To test this hypothesis, new radiocarbon dates of the studied specimens are needed. © 2024 Springer Nature.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationPuzachenko, A. Y., Kirillova, I. V., Shidlovsky, F. K., & Levchenko, V. A. (2021). Variability and morphological features of Woolly Rhinoceros skulls (Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach 1799)) from Northeastern Asia in the late Pleistocene. Biology Bulletin, 48(1), S185-S196. doi.org/10.1134/S1062359021140144en_AU
dc.identifier.issn1062-3590en_AU
dc.identifier.issueSuppl 1en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleBiology Bulletinen_AU
dc.identifier.paginations185-s196en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1134/s1062359021140144en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/15764en_AU
dc.identifier.volume48en_AU
dc.languageEnglishen_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherPleiades Publishingen_AU
dc.subjectSkullen_AU
dc.subjectFossilsen_AU
dc.subjectAnimalsen_AU
dc.subjectPleistocene Epochen_AU
dc.subjectAsiaen_AU
dc.subjectRussian Federationen_AU
dc.subjectVariationsen_AU
dc.subjectMorphological changesen_AU
dc.titleVariability and morphological peatures of Woolly Rhinoceros skulls (Coelodonta antiquitatis (Blumenbach 1799)) from Northeastern Asia in the late Pleistoceneen_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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