Kilcak 3A: Early/Lower Miocene, Turkey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Salamandra sp. Laurenti 1768
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
One trunk vertebra (EUNMH PV18000)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
two maxillae (EUNMH PV18001, 18002), one centrum of V1 (EUNMH PV18003)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
One maxilla (EUNMH PV18006)
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
seven isolated teeth (EUNMH PV14127, 14136, 14138, 14140, 18008 – 18010)
Reptilia - Tropidophiidae
Falseryx sp. Szyndlar and Rage 2003
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
two trunk vertebrae (EUNMH PV14145, 14148), two caudal vertebrae (EUNMH PV14150, 14152)
Reptilia
Eoanilius cf. oligocenicus Szyndlar 1994
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
Three trunk vertebrae (EUNMH PV18016 – 18018)
Reptilia - Boidae
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
One posterior trunk vertebra (EUNMH PV14129)
Reptilia - Colubridae
Texasophis sp. Holman 1977
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
three trunk vertebrae (EUNMH PV14133, 18085 – 18087)
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
two maxillae (EUNMH PV14134, 18015)
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguinae indet. Gray 1825
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
one caudal vertebra (EUNMH PV18012), three osteoderms (EUNMH PV14130, 18013, 18014)
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Syromyatnikova et al. 2019
One trunk vertebra (EUNMH PV18011)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Desmanodon ziegleri van den Hoek Ostende 1997
van den Hoek Ostende 1997
Mammalia - Soricidae
Dinosorex anatolicus van den Hoek Ostende 1995
Mammalia - Dimylidae
Turkodimylus hartogi n. gen., n. sp. van den Hoek Ostende 1995
van den Hoek Ostende 1995
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix saratji van den Hoek Ostende 1992
van den Hoek Ostende 1992
Neurogymnurus sp. Filhol 1877
van den Hoek Ostende 1992
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Enginia beckerplateni n. sp. de Bruijn and von Koenigswald 1994
de Bruijn and von Koenigswald 1994
Cricetodon versteegi n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1993
de Bruijn et al. 1993
? Deperetomys sp. (Mein and Freudenthal 1971)
de Bruijn et al. 1993
Deperetomys anatolicus de Bruijn et al. 1993
de Bruijn et al. 1993
see common names

Geography
Country:Turkey State/province:Ankara
Coordinates: 40.2° North, 33.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.6° North, 31.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Kılçak 3A
Database number:64378
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, E. Vlachos Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, E. Vlachos
Modifier:T. Cleary Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-07 04:10:20 Last modified:2019-02-11 09:47:55
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-07 04:10:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
18571. L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 1995. Insectivore faunas from the Lower Miocene of Anatolia. Part 2: Dinosorex (Heterosoricidae). Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 98(1):1-18 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]

Secondary references:

67901 A. Čerňanský, D. Vasilyan, G. L. Georgalis, P. Jorniak, S. Mayda and J. Klembara. 2017. First record of fossil anguines (Squamata; Anguidae) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Turkey. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 110:741-751 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
19521 H. de Bruijn, V. Fahlbusch, G. Saraç and E. Uenay. 1993. Early Miocene faunas from the eastern Mediterranean area. Part III. The genera Deperetomys and Cricetodon with a discussion of the evolutionary history of the Cricetodontini. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 96(2):151-216 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
19529 H. de Bruijn and W. von Koenigswald. 1994. Early Miocene rodent faunas from the eastern Mediterranean area. Part V. The genus Enginia (Muroidea) with a discussion of the structure of the incisor enamel. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 97(4):381-405 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
70101 E. Syromyatnikova, G. L. Georgalis, S. Mayda, T. Kaya, and G. Sarac. 2019. A new early Miocene herpetofauna from Kilcak, Turkey. Russian Journal of Herpetology 26(4):205-224 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
19944 L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 1992. Insectivore faunas from the Lower Miocene of Anatolia. Part 1: Erinaceidae. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 95(4):437-467 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
18589 L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 1995. Insectivore faunas from the Lower Miocene of Anatolia. Part 3: Dimylidae. Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 98(1):19-38 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
19988 L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 1997. Insectivore faunas from the Lower Miocene of Anatolia. Part 4: The genus Desmanodon (Talpidae) with the description of a new species from the Lower Miocene of Spain. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 100(1-2):27-65 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]