Hipparion cf. moldavicum GROMOVA , 1952

Tesakov, Alexey S., Titov, Vadim V., Simakova, Alexandra N., Frolov, Pavel D., Syromyatnikova, Elena V., Kurshakov, Sergey V., Volkova, Natalia V., Trikhunkov, Yaroslav I., Sotnikova, Marina V., Kruskop, Sergey V., Zelenkov, Nikita V., Tesakova, Ekaterina M. & Palatov, Dmitry M., 2017, Late Miocene (Early Turolian) Vertebrate Faunas And Associated Biotic Record Of The Northern Caucasus: Geology, Taxonomy, Palaeoenvironment, Biochronology, Fossil Imprint 73 (3 - 4), pp. 383-444 : 413

Hipparion cf. moldavicum GROMOVA, 1952

Text-fig. 15a

M a t e r i a l. M 1–2 dex, Gaverdovsky (bed 7).

D e s c r i p t i o n. M1–2 (22.1 × 21.6 mm) belongs to a medium-sized hipparion. The tooth shows a small suboval protocone (protocone length is 25.8 mm), relatively wide unsplit mesostyle, wide and forked parastyle, numerous enamel folds on the prefosette and postfossete, and a single pli caballin. In combination of these features, the molar is similar to H. moldavicum , occurring in the Late Miocene (Early to Middle Maeotian) of Eastern Europe ( Gromova 1952, Krakhmalnaya 1996).

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Text-fig. 15. Large mammal remains from Gaverdovsky and Volchaya Balka, Late Miocene, North Caucasus. a – Hipparion cf. moldavicum, SSC-RAS G-1/1, upper right M1–2, occlusal view, Gaverdovsky; b – Hipparion aff. gromovae, SSC-RAS G-1/2, lower right m3, occlusal view, Gaverdovsky; c – Hipparion sp., SSC-RAS G-1/4, lower right m1, occlusal view, Volchaya Balka; d–e – Microstonyx aff. major, SSC-RAS G-1/3, upper left dP4, d – occlusal view, e – lingual view, Volchaya Balka.

Text-fig. 1. Geographic location of the studied sections. 1. Gaverdovsky, 2. Volchaya Balka, 3. Tuapse highway bridge, 4. Maikop city park.