Two skeletons of Mammuthus trogontherii from the Sea of Azov Region

In 1964 and 1999, respectively in the northern Sea of Azov Region in the Kagal’nik sand pit, two almost complete skeletons of Mammuthus trogontherii were found. The finds were dated to the early Middle Pleistocene freshwater deposits. Their individual ages were defined as 40 and 47 years. The proportion differences in size and some morphological characteristics suggest that they were probably of different gender. The elephants’ features coincide with those of representatives of the species from Süssenborn and Tiraspol, which were typical for the early stage of the Tiraspol faunal complex (=Cromerian) in Eastern Europe.