Altıntaş: Vallesian, Turkey
collected by Elena Syromyatnikova + team 2013
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Elapidae
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Naja sp.
Laurenti 1768
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| One precloacal vertebra, EUNMH – PV-28506 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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"Colubrinae" informal indet. 1
Oppel 1811
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| Two precloacal vertebrae, EUNMH – PV-28504 and EUNMH – PV-28505 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus sp.
Merrem 1820
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| One presacral vertebra, EUNMH – PV-28503 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Pseudopus sp.
Merrem 1820
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| One presacral vertebra, EUNMH – PV-28501, two caudal vertebrae, EUNMH – PV-28501 and EUNMH – PV-28502 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Turkey | State/province: | Kütahya |
| Coordinates: | 39.1° North, 30.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.0° North, 30.3° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Vallesian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 8.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Altıntaş, Bayraktepe 2, and Kütahya provided rich micromammal assemblages, with the indicator murid species Progonomys cathalai Schaub, 1938 suggesting a correlation with the early Vallesian age and the MN 9 biochrono- logical unit (Ünay et al. 2003; Wessels 2009; Bosma et al. 2013). |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
| Geology comments: The Altıntaş locality is associated with a fissure filling | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Elena Syromyatnikova + team | Collection dates: | 2013 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 228011 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Head | Enterer: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-11-16 05:52:41 | Last modified: | 2022-11-16 05:52:41 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-11-16 05:52:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 83119. | E. Syromyatnikova, S. Mayda, and A. Tesakov. 2022. Late Miocene amphibians and reptiles: new insight into the pre-Messinian herpetofaunas in Turkey. Historical Biology 34(10):1964-1971 [J. Head/G. Varnham] |