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Late Pleistocene birds and mammals from the Kiliite Cave (central Stara Planina Mts – central North Bulgaria)

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pp. 105-115
Zlatozar Boev
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Nedko Nedyalkov
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Dilian Georgiev
Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, 24 Tsar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Nikolai Spassov
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
Abstract: 

The studied fossil material of birds and mammals from a new Late Pleistocene site in the Stara Planina (Balkan) mountain range is herein presented. The age of the site was determined on the basis of the taxonomic composition of the mammal fauna. A total of 28 taxa (10 birds, 15 small and 3 large mammals) have been identified from 103 bone/teeth specimens. Of these, 14.3% of the established species are extinct/disappeared – Perdix palaeoperdix, Megaloceros giganteus, Ursus ingressus and Cuon sp. Most numerous are the remains of Microtus arvalis-agrestis, representing 42.7% of all finds.

Keywords: 

Quaternary Balkan fauna, Pleistocene terrestrial faunas, Pleistocene birds and mammals of Europe

DOI: 
10.52321/GeolBalc.53.1.105
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Gergana Meracheva
Faculty of Geology and Exploration, University of Mining and Geology, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Efrosima Zaneva-Dobranova
Faculty of Geology and Exploration, University of Mining and Geology, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Nikolay Hristov
Faculty of Geology and Exploration, University of Mining and Geology, 1700 Sofia, Bulgaria

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Desislava Racheva
Earth and Man National Museum, 4 Cherni Vrah Blvd., 1421 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Stefka Dencheva
Faculty of Geology and Geography, Department of Mineralogy, Petrology and Economic Geology, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, 15 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1504 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Ivanina Sergeeva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Study on different molybdenite polytypes from the Panicherevo deposit, Sarnena Sredna Gora Mountain, Bulgaria

Alexandre Kounov
Department of Environmental Sciences, Basel University, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Ianko Gerdjikov
Faculty of Geology and Geography, St. Kliment Ohridski University, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

On the Rhodopean protoliths and their Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous evolution. A review

Tatiana Orehova
Climate, Atmosphere and Water Research Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 66 Tsarigradsko Shose Blvd, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Aglaida Toteva
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Peter Gerginov
Geological Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 24, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Spatial and temporal variations of groundwater contribution to streamflow in the Mesta River Basin

Zlatozar Boev
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Nedko Nedyalkov
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Dilian Georgiev
Plovdiv University “Paisiy Hilendarski”, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology and Environmental Conservation, 24 Tsar Asen Str., 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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Nikolai Spassov
National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd, 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria

Late Pleistocene birds and mammals from the Kiliite Cave (central Stara Planina Mts – central North Bulgaria)

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