Site identified in Krasnoyarsk region where man 'trapped and killed' mammoths, suspect paleontologists.
Woollly mammoth museum in Yakutsk, Siberia. Picture: The Siberian Times
The necropolis of extinct beasts is potentially one of the biggest in Russia for remains of dinosaurs and woolly mammoths, it is believed.
Dr Sergey Leschinsky, of Tomsk State University, led an expedition this summer to make a detailed stratigraphic study of the opencast Bolshoy Ilek beside Chulym River.
'They did not expect to find the bones," said a university statement. 'During the study, scientists managed to find remains of large herbivorous and carnivorous dinosaurs.
'Above them were geological horizons with the bones of mammoths, woolly rhinos and predators.'
Sergey Leshchinsky and the newly-discovered site. Picture: TSU, The Siberian Times
Dr Leschinsky said that with the woolly mammoth remains 'almost all the bones are broken.
'There are no traces of gnawing by predators, so probably it is the result of the actions of prehistoric humans.'
Previously there was little sign of dinosaur bones Mesozoic era at the site, in cliffs on the river.
'Now we have Mesozoic bones, which we can date as 120 to 100 million years ago.'
Other mammoth 'graveyards' - Mamontovoye and Berelekh - in Siberia. Pictures: TSU, The Siberian Times
The site is seen as similar to the famous Shostakovsky yar necropolis - large dinosaur graveyard in Kemerovo region.
It is one of the largest deposit of dinosaurs and mammoths remains in Russia.
Scientists plan to continue to examine the Bolshoy Ilek site and seek evidence of man's implements and weapons proving he was behind the woolly mammoth slaughter here.
A a recently-discovered bone of a 'New Siberian dinosaur' which was as heavy as seven African elephants. Pictures: TSU
Archeologists discovered a new stone bracelet, two sharp pins, a marble ring and fox tooth pendants.
Comments (8)
They know that megafauna appeared long after 66 mya. Deposits covered by clay are less apt to be disturbed by later tsunamis. This site clearly shows that the megafauna appeared after the dinosaurs.
This site contradicts the date of 66 mya for the extinction of dinosaurs. It refutes the experts who claim small mammals were the dominant life form after the dinosaurs.
It is certainly time for the experts to reconsider their claims, that have been accepted as facts. I date the dinosaur kill-off to an axial pole shift of 50k bce. The megafauna kill-off at Siberia was by a tsunami generated in the next pole shift, that of 22k bce. This is in accord with the finds in Siberia.
My questions are was a K-T boundary layer with iridium found, either between the dinosaur strata and that of the mammoth, atop the mammoth deposits, or not at all? This could be very important, with significant implications. How deep were the disparate species separated? It looked like a red clay deposit was present, how was it positioned, in relation to the separate bone deposits? Red clay and iridium are usually carried to the seabed by rains. Their presence point more to a mega tsunami, than an impact event.