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Findings of Diatom Algae in the Trunk and Buccal Cavity Content of a Mammoth from Sediments of the Late Pleistocene of Yakutia

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The study of the contents of the trunk and buccal cavity of a the remains of mammoth calf (Mammuthus primigenius) from Yakutia using scanning electron microscopy has revealed 14 species and varieties of Bacillariophyta and three forms which have been identified only to genus. The obtained data on the diatom species composition expand knowledge of the Pleistocene flora of Bacillariophyta in the region. Ecological characteristics of the detected diatom species indicate that the location where the mammoth was found represented a stagnant or flowing oligotrophic freshwater body with neutral or slightly alkaline pH.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to E.V. Likhoshvai for an opportunity to use the equipment of the Collective Center “Electron Microscopy” at the Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences; V.I. Egorov (Collective Instrumental Center “Ultramicroanalysis” at the Limnological Institute, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences), and V.B. Timofeev (North-Eastern Federal University, NEFU) for assistance with SEM studies.

Funding

The study was performed within the framework of state assignments “Fundamental and applied aspects of the study on diversity of the plant world of Northern and Central Yakutia” ”(no. АААА-А17-117020110056-0) and “Systematics, diversity and phylogeny of aquatic autotrophic organisms of Russia and other regions of the world (no. АААА-А18-118012690095-4) and within the project 18-45-140007 r_a “Vegetation cover transformation and destruction of the mammoth faunal assemblage in Yakutia at the Pleistocene–Holocene boundary” funded by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research.

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  1. Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters, Russian Academy of Sciences, Borok, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavl oblast, Russia

    S. I. Genkal

  2. Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Yakutsk, Russia

    V. A. Gabyshev

  3. Department for the Study of Mammoth Fauna, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Yakutsk, Russia

    A. V. Protopopov

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Genkal, S.I., Gabyshev, V.A. & Protopopov, A.V. Findings of Diatom Algae in the Trunk and Buccal Cavity Content of a Mammoth from Sediments of the Late Pleistocene of Yakutia. Paleontol. J. 54, 552–559 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030120050056

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