Yozgat (Miocene to of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (39.9° N, 32.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 33.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene to Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 3.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; siltstone

• Silty strata interbedded in a thick non-marine section of sandstones and conglomerates

Primary reference: J. H. Maxson. 1946. Mammalian fauna of Kucuk Yozgat, Turkey. Geological Survey of America Bulletin 57(12):1260-1261 [W. Clyde/J. Finarelli/W. Clyde]more details

PaleoDB collection 11799: authorized by Will Clyde, entered by John Finarelli on 10.09.2001

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Felidae
Machaerodus sp.
Machaerodus sp. Kaup 1833 cat
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet.
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
"variety of artiodactyl dentitions and horn cores"
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus erymanthius
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp.
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758 one-horned rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet., "Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
"horse palate"
"Hipparion gracile" = Hipparion depereti Sondaar 1974 hipparionine horse
Reptilia
 Anapsida -
Anapsida indet.
Anapsida indet. Williston 1917 anapsid
"turtle carapace"