The First Record of the Genus Megalovis (Artiodactyla, Bovidae) in the Lower Pleistocene of Taurida Cave in the Crimea
Journal: Paleontological Journal
Year: 2023

The presence of Megalovis latifrons Schaub, 1923 in the Early Pleistocene fauna (1.8–1.5 Ma) of Taurida Cave in the Crimea is firstly discovered. A fragment of the frontal bone with a part of the horn core, the incomplete upper and lower jaws, the metacarpal and metatarsal of M. latifrons are described. This large fossil representative of Ovibovini has only been known from the very rare finds from the Lower Pleistocene of the south of Western and Central Europe. Megalovis inhabited Eurasia in th