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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="research-article" 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">684742</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31857/S0031031X24050132</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">QULFWI</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>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Giant Deer of the Genera Arvernoceros and Megaloceros (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) from the Lower Pleistocene of Taurida Cave in the Crimea</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Большерогие олени родов Arvernoceros и Megaloceros (Artiodactyla, Cervidae) из нижнего плейстоцена 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><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><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="2024-12-17" publication-format="electronic"><day>17</day><month>12</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><issue>5</issue><fpage>127</fpage><lpage>139</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2025-06-16"><day>16</day><month>06</month><year>2025</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Российская академия наук</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Russian Academy of Sciences</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Российская академия наук</copyright-holder></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/0031-031X/article/view/684742">https://journals.eco-vector.com/0031-031X/article/view/684742</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The presence of giant deers <italic>Arvernoceros verestchagini</italic> David, 1992 and <italic>Megaloceros</italic> cf. <italic>stavropolensis</italic> Titov et Shvyreva, 2016 has been discovered in the Early Pleistocene fauna (1.8–1.5 Ma) of the Tavrida Cave in the Crimea. A description of incomplete antlers and teeth is given. These autochthonous deers of the Early Pleistocene fauna of the Northern Black Sea region are characteristic of the Psekupsian faunal complex of southern Eastern Europe.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Установлено присутствие двух форм большерогих оленей, Arvernoceros verestchagini David, 1992 и Megaloceros cf. stavropolensis Titov et Shvyreva, 2016, в раннеплейстоценовой фауне пещеры Таврида в Крыму, возраст которой, по данным биохронологии, 1.8–1.5 млн лет. Дано описание неполных роговых стержней и зубов. Эти автохтонные олени раннеплейстоценовой фауны Северного Причерноморья характерны для псекупского фаунистического комплекса юга Восточной Европы.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Arvernoceros verestchagini</kwd><kwd>Megaloceros cf. stavropolensis</kwd><kwd>Cervinae</kwd><kwd>early Pleistocene</kwd><kwd>Crimea</kwd><kwd>Tavrida Cave</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Arvernoceros verestchagini</kwd><kwd>Megaloceros cf. stavropolensis</kwd><kwd>ранний плейстоцен</kwd><kwd>Крым</kwd><kwd>пещера Таврида</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский научный фонд</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">Russian Science Foundation</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>22-14-00214</award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Алексеева Л.И. 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