title: The new data of fauna and landscapes history in the Manych basin during the late Pleistocene
abstract: The geology and mammal and mollusk fauna from the Late Pleistocene locality Sanmanych (the single location of paleontological remains in the Manych basin) in Rostov region are discussed. The received data permit to reconstruct the climatic-environmental condition during the Early Khvalynian transgression in the Manych basin. This transgression was dated by 14 C in the interval between 16–12 kyr BP. As a result of the formation of a Cascade of Eurasian Basins for the first time in the Late Pleist
journal: Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk Seriya Geograficheskaya