Vörös A. szerk.: Fragmenta Mineralogica Et Palaentologica 13. 1987. (Budapest, 1987)
Bison priscus ssp. - M 2 sin. (Plate III: 5). Old Inv. Nr. 89.1851.-271., newInv.Nr. V. 60. 522. - Mg sin. (Plate III: 6). Old Inv. Nr. 89. 1851.-272., newInv.Nr. V. 60. 520. Dimensions of the teeth (in mm): M 2 M 3 basal length 2 7 42 breadth 20 19 crown height 38 43 - epistropheus cranial fr. (Plate VI: 3). Old Inv. Nr. 89.1851.-273., newInv.Nr. V. 60. 535. Corpus length is 114 mm, the smaller breadth of the corpus vertebrae is 73 mm. Breadth of the cranial articular surface is 108, length of the dens is 30, its breadth is 58 mm. - phi. ant. dext. med. (Plate VII: 2). Old Inv. Nr. 89.1851.- 285., ne3Inv.Nr. V. 60. 439. - phi. ant. dext. lat. (Plate VII: 1). Old Inv. Nr. 89.1851.-286., newInv.Nr. V. 60.447. - metatarsus dist. dext. (Plate VII: 7). Old Inv. Nr. 89.1851.-281., newInv.Nr. V. 60. 435. 1. Metatarsus dist. epiph. measurements (in mm): breadth diameter Lipova Cave 69 39 Ehringsdorf (FLEROW 1975) 71-85 40-50 Taubach (FLEROV 1977) 73-91 Burgtonna (FLEROW 1978) 90 - phi. post. dext. med. (Plate VII: 9). Old Inv. Nr. 89.1851.-282., newInv.Nr. V. 60. 435.2. -phi. post. dext. lat. (Plate VII: 8). Old Inv. Nr. 89. 1851.-283., newInv.Nr. V. 60. 435. 3. - ph II. post. dext. med. (Plate VII: 10). Old Inv. Nr. 89. 1851.-284., new Inv. Nr. V. 60. 435.4. Ph I. measurements (in mm): length prox. dist. breadth breadth Lipova Cave 74-75 34-36 29-30.5 Taubach (FLEROV 1977) 75-98 36-49 32-43 Ehringsdorf (FLEROW 1975) 79-88 38-45 35-42 Ph II. measurements (in mm): Lipova Cave 48 34 25 Taubach (FLEROV 19 77) 44-66! 31-49! 27-40! Ehringsdorf (FLEROW 1975) 59 30-47 26-36 The crown of the lower teeth is relatively low and thick. A long ectostylid had been developed in the interlobus. The lateral walls of the conids are pointed. The 3rd cusp of the Mg is thick (8. 1 mm). The Bison find assemblage of one of those regions which have yielded the most Bison remains, namely the group of the classical Late Middle Pleistocene sites near Weimar (Ehringsdorf, Burgtonna, Taubach), is rich in various species. The remains of different species and subspecies are known from deposits of different ages, e.g. : Bison priscus mediator , Bison priscus priscus, Bison priscus ssp. , Bison sp. (FLEROV or FLEROW 1975, 1977, 1978). On the basis of the dimensions at Taubach, an earlier Bison form occurs. For the time being the more exact subspecific identification of Bison priscus remains of the Lipova Cave is impossible, as I would have to compare the data with dimensions known so far from mixed-species assemblages. CHRONOLOGICAL DETERMINATION OF THE LIPOVA CAVE ASSEMBLAGE The bone remains which have come to light from the Lipova Cave are in good condition, there are spots of a thin dripstone layer on the surface of some of them. We have only indirect knowledge of the sediments of the Lipova Cave. Remains of original cave infilling can even now be found in the cavities of some bones, in their acetabuli or on their surface. According to the remains of this material the bones were in an ochre-yellow coloured loose, sandy loess with small and medium-sized (8-16 mm diameter) gravel.
