Where: Turkey (37.2° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 29.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN15 mammal zone, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• vertebrate fossils from bulk sample collected from various parts of section; molluscs from three distinct levels within 13 meter section

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonaceous shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve

Primary reference: L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, J. D. Gardner, L. Bennekom, M. C. Alçiçek, A. Murray, F. P. Wesselingh, H. Alçiçek and A. Tesakov. 2015. Ericek, a new Pliocene vertebrate locality in the Çameli Basin (southwestern Anatolia, Turkey). PalZ 95:305-320 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 234457: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 14.04.2024

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