?????? ???????? ???????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ?? ?????????????? ?????????? ?????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ?????????????? ???? ?????? ?????????????? (???????????????? ??????.). ???????????????? ???????????????????????????? ???????????? ??? Kowalskia progressa Topachevski et Scorik, 1992. ?????????????????????? ???????????????????????????? ???????? Stylocricetus Topachevski et Scorik, 1992 ???????????????????????????? ?????????????????????? ???? ?????????????????? ???????????? ???????????????????? m3. ?????????????????????? ?????????????????? ?????????????????? K. progressa ?? K. skofleki (Kordos, 1987) ???????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ???????????????????? ?????????????? ?? ?????????????????????????? ?????????? ???????????????? ???? ???????????????? ?? ???????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? ?? ???????????????? ????????. ?????????????? ?????????????? ?????????????? ?????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? 2 ?? ?????????? (MN 11b), ???? ?????? ?????????????????? ???????????? ?????????? ?? ???????????????????????? ?????????????? Kowalskia. ???????????? ???????????????? Kowalskia ?? ???????????????????????? (Zapodidae), ?? ?????????? ?????????????????????? Stylocricetus ?????????????????????????????? ?? ???????????? ???????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ???????????????? ????????????????.

The recently found Early Turolian (MN 11) locality Palievo (Odessa Region, Southern Ukraine) yielded two cricetid species. The most abundant is Kowalskia progressa Topachevski et Scorik, 1992, which is more primitive in its evolutionary grade than K. progressa from the localities Novoelizovetovka 2 and Maloye. The second taxon of cricetids is represented by the only specimen, an isolated m3. This tooth may be tentatively assigned to a member of the genus Stylocricetus Topachevski et Scorik, 1992. The undertaken detailed comparison of K. progressa and K. skofleki (Kordos, 1987) indicates the taxonomic validity of the former species and provides new evidence on the phylogenetic relationships within the genus. The faunal composition and earlier evolutionary stage of Kowalskia suggest somewhat older age of Palievo within the MN 11b as compared to Novoelizavetovka 2 and Maloye. The abundance of Kowalskia, as well as the lophocricetines (Zapodidae), and the presence of Stylocricetus, albeit scanty, indicate the dominating open habitats in the Early Turolian of Palievo.