PBDB Collection

Süngülü (Eocene to of Turkey)

Where: Ardahan, Turkey (41.5° N, 42.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 49.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Eocene to Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 28.4 Ma)

• From the Eo/Oligocene boundary interval

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: H. de Bruijn, E. Unay, G. Sarac and A. Yïlmaz. 2003. A rodent assemblage from the Eo/Oligocene boundary interval near Süngülü, Lesser Caucasus, Turkey. Coloquios de Paleontología, Volumen Extraordinario 1:47-76 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79072: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 24.02.2008, edited by K. Christopher Beard

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
Artiodactyla - Gelocidae	cf. Bachitherium sp. cf. Bachitherium sp. Filhol 1882 ruminant one M1 or M2 (Sü-2017), one p4 (Sü-2019)
Artiodactyla - Tragulidae	Iberomeryx sp., Iberomeryx cf. parvus Iberomeryx sp. Gabunia 1964 chevrotain one m3 (Sü-2016) Iberomeryx cf. parvus Gabunia 1964 chevrotain one p3 (Sü-2002), two p4 (Sü-2003, Sü-2005), one m1 (Sü-2009), one M1 or M2 (Sü-2010)
Primates - Eosimiidae	Sungulusimias unayae n. gen. n. sp. Sungulusimias unayae n. gen. n. sp. Metais et al. 2023 monkey one m2 (Sü-2020) = holotype
Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae	Ottomania proavita n. gen. n. sp., Confiniummys sidiki n. gen. n. sp. Ottomania proavita n. gen. n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003 gundi Confiniummys sidiki n. gen. n. sp. gundi
Rodentia - Dipodidae	Heosminthus minutus Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001 rodent
Rodentia - Cricetidae	Witenia flava n. sp., Witenia fusca n. gen. n. sp., Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi n. sp., Paracricetodon wentgesi n. sp., cf. Zhungaromys sp., Lignitella cf. suemengeni, Edirnella kempeni n. sp., Pseudocricetodon aff. montalbanensis Witenia flava n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003 mouse Witenia fusca n. gen. n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003 mouse Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003 mouse Paracricetodon wentgesi n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003 mouse cf. Zhungaromys sp. Emry et al. 1998 mouse Lignitella cf. suemengeni Unay-Bayraktar 1989 mouse Edirnella kempeni n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003 mouse Pseudocricetodon aff. montalbanensis Thaler 1969 mouse