Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller & Heinroth) males' den from Velika Pećina in Duboka Near Kučevo, Eastern Serbia

  • Vesna M. Dimitrijević University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
  • Jelena P. Ćalić-Ljubojević Geographical Institute "Jovan Cvijić" of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Djure Jakšića 9, 11 000 Belgrade
  • Katarina Bogićević University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Institute of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Kamenička 6, 11000 Belgrade
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/GABP0264153D
Keywords: cave bear, Upper Pleistocene, Serbia

Abstract

More a 100 years after the first research in the cave Velika pećina in Duboka near Kučevo cave bear remains were discovered in a small chamber cut off from the passable channels by a 7 m high slope. A whole skull, bones of a forearm in articulation, and other skeleton parts were laying on the cave floor encrusted in travertine cover and in some places overgrown by stalagmites. Bones belonged to adult males, which found there the shelter to hibernate, in a short epizode that ended by closing the channels that once linked this part of the cave to a surface.

Published
2002-12-20
How to Cite
Dimitrijević, V., Ćalić-Ljubojević, J. and Bogićević, K. (2002) “Cave bear (Ursus spelaeus Rosenmüller & Heinroth) males’ den from Velika Pećina in Duboka Near Kučevo, Eastern Serbia”, Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva, 64(1), pp. 153-165. doi: 10.2298/GABP0264153D.
Issue
Vol 64 No 1 (2002): Geološki anali Balkanskoga poluostrva
Section
Original Scientific Paper

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