Serefkoy-2 (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Turkey (37.3° N, 28.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 28.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Yatagan Formation, Turolian (8.7 - 5.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate and sandstone

• The unit includes alternat- ing conglomerates, sandstones, siltstones and mudstones representing an alluvial flood plain depositional environ- ment with braided stream channels (Fig. 2). Conglomerates are fine to coarse-grained with subangular to subrounded gravel of pebble to cobble grade. These deposits are matrix to clast-supported, moderately to poorly sorted and filled with a poorly sorted matrix of sand, granule and fine gravel with a lateral extent of several hundreds of meters.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. T. Kaya, S. Mayda, D. S. Kostopoulos, M. C. Alcicek, G. Merceron, A. Tan, S. Karakutuk, A. K. Giesler, and R. S. Scott. 2012. Serefkoy-2, a new Late Miocene mammal locality from the Yatagan Formation, Mugla, SW Turkey. Comptes Rendus Palevol 11:5-12 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 151910: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Jenna David on 16.10.2013, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros neumayri black rhino
Dihoplus sp. Brandt 1878 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippotherium brachypus hipparionine horse
"Hipparion" sp. de Christol 1832 hipparionine horse
types 1 & 2
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Microstonyx major Gervais 1848 pig
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella sp. Blaineville 1816 gazelle
Urmiatherium rugosifrons Sickenberg 1932 antelope
Sporadotragus sp. Kretzoi 1968 antelope
Palaeoryx sp. Gaudry 1861 antelope
Skoufotragus sp. Kostopoulos 2009 antelope
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888 giraffe
Palaeotragus rouenii Gaudry 1861 giraffe
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Paramachairodus orientalis" = Paramachaerodus, Machairodus giganteus, "Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica
"Paramachairodus orientalis" = Paramachaerodus cat
Machairodus giganteus Wagner 1848 cat
"Felis attica" = Pristifelis attica Wagner 1857 cat
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Adcrocuta eximia Roth and Wagner 1854 hyaena
subspecies eximia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Parataxidea cf. maraghana mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
? Ursavus sp. Schlosser 1899 bear
 Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae
 Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major 1888 aardvark
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium
"Deinotherium sp." = Dinotherium Kaup 1825 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici Gaudry and Lartet 1856 proboscidean