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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="other" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Paleontological Journal</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Paleontological Journal</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Палеонтологический журнал</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0031-031X</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">3034-5871</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">The Russian Academy of Sciences</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">673603</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S0031031X23010142</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">FKXZSO</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The First Finding of the Genus <italic>Megalovis</italic> (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) in the Lower Pleistocene of the Taurida Cave in the Crimea</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Первая находка овцебыка рода Megalovis (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) в нижнем плейстоцене пещеры Таврида в Крыму</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Vislobokova</surname><given-names>I. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Вислобокова</surname><given-names>И. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email>ivisl@paleo.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Палеонтологический институт им. А.А. Борисяка РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2023-01-01" publication-format="electronic"><day>01</day><month>01</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><issue>1</issue><fpage>74</fpage><lpage>83</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-02-27"><day>27</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2023, И.А. Вислобокова</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2023, И.А. Вислобокова</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">И.А. Вислобокова</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">И.А. Вислобокова</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/0031-031X/article/view/673603">https://journals.eco-vector.com/0031-031X/article/view/673603</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p id="idm45181324619968">The presence of <italic>Megalovis latifrons</italic> Schaub, 1923 is discovered in the composition of the Early Pleistocene fauna (1.8–1.5 Ma) of Taurida Cave in the Crimea. A fragment of the frontal bone with a part of the horn core, the incomplete upper and lower jaws, the metacarpus and metatarsus of <italic>M. latifrons</italic> are described. This large fossil representative of Ovibovini has been known only by the very rare finds from the Lower Pleistocene of the south of Western and Central Europe. <italic>Megalovis</italic> inhabited Eurasia in the late Early Pleistocene and a very beginning of the Middle Pleistocene. In Russia this species is found for the first time. The data obtained are important for clarifying the morphological features and geographic and stratigraphic distribution of this species.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p id="idm45181324620576">На основе новых материалов установлено присутствие Megalovis latifrons Schaub, 1923 в раннеплейстоценовой фауне пещеры Таврида в Крыму, возраст которой, по данным биохронологии, составляет 1.8–1.5 млн лет. Дано описание фрагмента лобной кости с частью рогового стержня, неполных верхнечелюстной и нижнечелюстной костей, а также пястной и плюсневой костей. Редкие находки этого крупного ископаемого представителя Ovibovini были известны лишь из нижнего плейстоцена юга Западной и Центральной Европы. Мегаловисы обитали в Евразии во второй половине раннего и самом начале среднего плейстоцена. В России они найдены впервые. Находка в Крыму расширяет представления об эволюции, а также географическом и стратиграфическом распространении этого вида.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd><italic>Megalovis latifrons</italic></kwd><kwd>Ovibovini</kwd><kwd>Early Pleistocene</kwd><kwd>Crimea</kwd><kwd>Taurida Cave</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Megalovis latifrons</kwd><kwd>Ovibovini</kwd><kwd>ранний плейстоцен</kwd><kwd>Крым</kwd><kwd>пещера Таврида</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Вислобокова И.А. 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