Dinar Akcakoy (Pliocene of Turkey)

Also known as Dinar Akçaköy

Where: Afion, Turkey (38.1° N, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.1° N, 30.2° E)

When: MN 15 (4.2 - 3.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: B. Engesser. 1980. Insectivora und Chiroptera (Mammalia) aus dem Neogen der Türkei. Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Abhandlungen 102:46-149 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68570: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 28.01.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
cf. Eptesicus sp.
cf. Eptesicus sp. Rafinesque 1820 house bat
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
cf. Neomys sp., cf. Episoriculus sp., Soricini indet.
cf. Neomys sp. Kaup 1829 water shrew
cf. Episoriculus sp. Ellerman and Morrison-Scott 1951 red-toothed shrew
Soricini indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
2 species
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
"Desmana bifida n. sp." = Dibolia bifida
"Desmana bifida n. sp." = Dibolia bifida Engesser 1980 mole
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo cf. graeca
Testudo cf. graeca Linnaeus 1758 common tortoise