Finds of the primitive tour (Bos primigenius Bojanus 1825) on the territory of Western Kazakhstan

Abstract

Paleontological finds of the primitive tour of the Late Cenozoic on the territory of Western Kazakhstan are very common, but unevenly. The most numerous are the locations of mammals of the Middle and late Pleistocene. In the faunal complexes of the Late Pleistocene in Western Kazakhstan, the primeval tur (Bos primigenius Bojanus 1825) was one of the most massively represented megafauna species. Despite this, this species has remained relatively poorly studied in morphometric and evolutionary aspects on the territory of Western Kazakhstan until now. The aim of the work is to identify the possible subspecies diversity of the Middle and Late Pleistocene Primeval tours on the territory of Western Kazakhstan based on the remains from the paleontological collection from the Museum of Nature and Ecology (MNaE), a branch of the West Kazakhstan Museum of Local History (Uralsk, Kazakhstan). An assessment of the possible subspecies diversity of Middle and Late Pleistocene Bos primigenius in the lower reaches of the Ural River (Zhaiyk) in the territories of Western Kazakhstan was made based on fossil remains from the paleontological collection of the Museum of Nature and Ecology (MNaE), a branch of the West Kazakhstan Museum of Local History (Uralsk, Kazakhstan).  According to the fossil remains of the Tur skulls from the collection of the Museum of Nature and Ecology (MNaE), the taxonomic diversity of the species Bos primigenius Bojanus 1825 was established for the Middle and early Late Pleistocene of the lower reaches of the Ural River (Zhaiyk) in the territories of Western Kazakhstan.