&lt;i&gt;Ovis gracilis&lt;/i&gt; sp. nov. (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) in the Lower Pleistocene of the Taurida Cave in the Crimea and the History of the Genus &lt;i&gt;Ovis&lt;/i&gt;
Journal: Палеонтологический журнал
Year: 2023

А new species Ovis gracilis sp. nov. is described based on the study of fossil remains of Bovidae from the Lower Pleistocene of the Taurida Cave, the Crimea. This not very large sheep had the horn cores with homonymous torsion and short sinuses, and slender metapodia. The remains of Ovis from Taurida are among the oldest in Europe and the first evidence of the presence of Ovis in the Еarly Pleistocene of the Crimea. The species O. gracilis was a part of the fauna of the Taurida Cave, dated withi