Kurtchuk-Tchekmedje: Late/Upper Miocene, Turkey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Helix sp.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossidae indet. Günther 1859
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufonidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838
Reptilia - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
Reptilia - Anguidae
? Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
cf. Sakya sp. Carroll 1988
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Cheirogaster cf. bolivari (Hernandez-Pacheco 1917)
Staesche et al. 2007
    = Titanochelon sp. Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014
Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014
    = Titanochelon kayadibiensis Karl et al. 2021
Karl et al. 2021
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Testudo cf. graeca Linnaeus 1758
Staesche et al. 2007
    = Testudo marmorum Gaudry 1862
Karl et al. 2021
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Emydinae indet. Rafinesque 1815
    = Mauremys cf. caspica Gmelin 1774
Staesche et al. 2007
    = Mauremys aristotelica Vlachos et al. 2019
Karl et al. 2021
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx truinguis
Staesche et al. 2007
Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae
Orycteropus sp. Geoffroy 1791
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon pentelici (Gaudry and Lartet 1856)
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837
Synconolophus serridentinoides
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Manatus maeoticus Eichwald 1850
invalid subgroup of Phocadae
Phoca vindobonensis Toula 1897
recombined as Praepusa vindobonensis
Phoca maeotica Nordmann 1860
recombined as Cryptophoca maeotica
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Indarctos arctoides Deperet 1895
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Lutra pontica Nordmann 1860
recombined as Limnonyx pontica
Sivaonyx hessicus Lydekker 1890
Mammalia - Carnivora - Percrocutidae
Percrocuta senyureki
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Ictitherium cf. orbingyi
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus aphanistus (Kaup 1833)
Felis aff. prisca Kaup 1833
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion eldaricum
Hipparion cf. primigenium (von Meyer 1829)
recombined as Hippotherium primigenium
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium goldfussi Kaup 1833
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Diceros aff. primaevus
Diceros cf. neumayri
Aceratherium cf. kowaleskii
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Archaeocetus nordmanni (Brandt 1873)
recombined as Lissodelphis nordmanni
Archaeocetus fockii (Brandt 1873)
recombined as Lissodelphis fockii
Mammalia - Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Acrodelphis fuchsii (Brandt 1873)
recombined as Kentriodon fuchsii
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeterula dubusii Van Beneden 1877
corrected as Physeterula dubusi
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphis aff. longirostris Du Bus 1867
Mammalia - Cetacea
Cetotherium priscum (Eichwald 1840)
nomen dubium belonging to Cetacea
Mammalia - Suidae
? Korynochoerus sp. Schmidt-Kittler 1971
Microstonyx cf. antiquus
Hyotherium aff. sommeringi
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium jourdani Deperet 1887
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Bohlinia speciosa
Samotherium sp. Forsyth Major 1888
Palaeotragus sp. Gaudry 1861
Mammalia - Bovidae
Helicotragus rotundicornis
Gazella aff. pilgrimi Bohlin 1935
Tragocerus cf. amaltheus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetodon decedens Schaub 1925
recombined as Cricetodon (Hispanomys) decedens
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Chalicomys jaegeri
"Monosaulax" cf. eseri
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet. (Cuvier 1816)
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Clariidae
Heterobranchus sp. Hilaire 1827
Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Siluridae
Silurus aff. serdicensis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis acanthicus
Melanopsis acanthicoides
Melanopsis trojana
Melanopsis kleini
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra aff. luscata
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788
see common names

Geography
Country:Turkey
Coordinates: 41.0° North, 28.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.3° North, 28.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Miocene
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Küçükçekmece
Database number:56563
Authorizer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2005-11-21 09:24:00 Last modified:2023-02-13 09:09:13
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-21 09:24:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15232. M. J. Piveteau. 1978. Un nouveau gisment de Vertebres dans le Chersonian Kurtchuk-Tchenkmedje Ouest (Thrace turque). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Senaces de L'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Series D 287(5):455-458 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

74972 H. V. Karl, U. Staesche, and A. Safi. 2021. New findings of neogene tortoises Titanochelon kayadibiensis sp. nov. and Protestudo bessarabica (Riabinin, 1918) (Testudinidae) from the Miocene of western Turkey, with a review of fossil turtles of Turkey. SPC Journal of Environmental Sciences 3(1):1-9 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
60876 A. Pérez-García and E. Vlachos. 2014. New generic proposal for the European Neogene large testudinids (Cryptodira) and the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the medium and large representatives of the European Cenozoic record. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172:653-719 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
61765 K. Staesche, H.V. Karl, and U. Staesche. 2007. Fossile Schildkroten aus der Turkei. In U. Staesche (ed.), Fossile Schildkroten aus drei Kontinenten 98:91-149 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]