Sablin M. V., Amirkhanov Ch. A., Ozherelyev D. V.

Key words: Early Pleistocene, site Mukhkai II, Dagestan, fauna materials, dating, paleolandscape.
The results of the studies of the unique for the North Caucasus fauna materials originated from the layer 80 of the Oldowan site Mukhkai II are published in the article. The twenty six animal units of the four predatory mammals and six species of the graminivorious mammals were identified on the basis of these materials. The existing time of this animals’ complex is considered in Europe to be in the range of 2.1–1.76 million years ago. Respectively the dating of the layer 80, Mukhkai II, is close to the age of the site Dmanisi in the south Caucasus where the same range of big mammals is represented. The materials give the opportunity to reconstruct the open landscapes of savanna with the fields of the forest flora on the studied territory in the specified time.