Quaternary International, volume 445, pages 89-103

A woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) carcass from Maly Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Islands, Russian Federation)

Grigoriev Semyon E 1
Fisher Daniel C. 2
Obadă Theodor 3
Shirley Ethan A 2
Rountrey Adam N 2
Savvinov Grigoriy N. 4
Garmaeva Darima K 5
Novgorodov G. P. 1
Cheprasov M. Yu. 1
Vasilev Sergei E 6
Masharskiy Alexey 7
Egorova Viktoriya E 5
Petrova Palmira P 5
Egorova Eya E 5
Akhremenko Yana A 5
Van der Plicht J. 8
Galanin Alexei A 9
Fedorov Sergei E 1
Ivanov Evgeny 4
Tikhonov Alexei N. 1, 10
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2017-07-01
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor2.2
ISSN10406182
Earth-Surface Processes
Abstract
A partial carcass of an adult woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) found in 2012 on Maly Lyakhovsky Island presents a new opportunity to retrieve associated anatomical, morphological, and life history data on this important component of Pleistocene biotas. In addition, we address hematological, histological, and microbiological issues that relate directly to quality of preservation. Recovered by staff from North-Eastern Federal University in Yakutsk, this individual is a relatively old female preserving soft tissue of the anteroventral portion of the head, most of both fore-quarters, and the ventral aspect of much of the rest of the body. Both tusks were recovered and subjected to computed tomographic analysis in which annual dentin increments were revealed as cycles of variation in X-ray attenuation. Measurements of annual increment areas (in longitudinal section) display a pulsed pattern of tusk growth showing cycles of growth rate variation over periods of 3–5 years. These intervals are interpreted as calving cycles reflecting regular shifts in calcium and phosphate demand for tusk growth vs. fetal ossification and lactation. Brown liquid associated with the frozen carcass turned out to include remains of hemolyzed blood, and blood samples examined microscopically included white blood cells with preserved nuclei. Muscle tissue from the trunk was unusually well preserved, even at the histological level. Intestinal contents and tissue samples were investigated microbiologically, and several strains of lactic-acid bacteria (e.g., Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus hirae) that are widely distributed as commensal organisms in the intestines of herbivores were isolated.

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Grigoriev S. E. et al. A woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) carcass from Maly Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Islands, Russian Federation) // Quaternary International. 2017. Vol. 445. pp. 89-103.
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Grigoriev S. E., Fisher D. C., Obadă T., Shirley E. A., Rountrey A. N., Savvinov G. N., Garmaeva D. K., Novgorodov G. P., Cheprasov M. Y., Vasilev S. E., Goncharov A. E., Masharskiy A., Egorova V. E., Petrova P. P., Egorova E. E., Akhremenko Y. A., Van der Plicht J., Galanin A. A., Fedorov S. E., Ivanov E., Tikhonov A. N. A woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) carcass from Maly Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Islands, Russian Federation) // Quaternary International. 2017. Vol. 445. pp. 89-103.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.007
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2017.01.007
TI - A woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) carcass from Maly Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Islands, Russian Federation)
T2 - Quaternary International
AU - Grigoriev, Semyon E
AU - Fisher, Daniel C.
AU - Obadă, Theodor
AU - Shirley, Ethan A
AU - Rountrey, Adam N
AU - Savvinov, Grigoriy N.
AU - Garmaeva, Darima K
AU - Novgorodov, G. P.
AU - Cheprasov, M. Yu.
AU - Vasilev, Sergei E
AU - Goncharov, Artemiy E.
AU - Masharskiy, Alexey
AU - Egorova, Viktoriya E
AU - Petrova, Palmira P
AU - Egorova, Eya E
AU - Akhremenko, Yana A
AU - Van der Plicht, J.
AU - Galanin, Alexei A
AU - Fedorov, Sergei E
AU - Ivanov, Evgeny
AU - Tikhonov, Alexei N.
PY - 2017
DA - 2017/07/01 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 89-103
VL - 445
SN - 1040-6182
ER -
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@article{2017_Grigoriev,
author = {Semyon E Grigoriev and Daniel C. Fisher and Theodor Obadă and Ethan A Shirley and Adam N Rountrey and Grigoriy N. Savvinov and Darima K Garmaeva and G. P. Novgorodov and M. Yu. Cheprasov and Sergei E Vasilev and Artemiy E. Goncharov and Alexey Masharskiy and Viktoriya E Egorova and Palmira P Petrova and Eya E Egorova and Yana A Akhremenko and J. Van der Plicht and Alexei A Galanin and Sergei E Fedorov and Evgeny Ivanov and Alexei N. Tikhonov},
title = {A woolly mammoth ( Mammuthus primigenius ) carcass from Maly Lyakhovsky Island (New Siberian Islands, Russian Federation)},
journal = {Quaternary International},
year = {2017},
volume = {445},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {jul},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.quaint.2017.01.007},
pages = {89--103},
doi = {10.1016/j.quaint.2017.01.007}
}
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