New data on large mammals of the Pleistocene Trlica fauna, Montenegro, the Central Balkans

Abstract

A brief review of 38 members of four orders, Carnivora, Proboscidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, from the Pleistocene Trlica locality (Montenegro), based on the material of excavation in 2010–2014 is provided. Two faunal levels (TRL11–10 and TRL6–5) which are referred to two different stages of faunal evolution in the Central Balkans are recognized. These are (1) late Early Pleistocene (Late Villafranchian) and (2) very late Early Pleistocene–early Middle Pleistocene (Epivillafranchian–Early Galerian).