Where: Central Anatolia, Turkey (37.4° N, 31.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 31.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)
• Fossils are from a fissure filling some 5m across in 'late Triassic bituminous limestones which outcrop in the northern foothills of the Taurus chain'. Mimomys - Arvicola association suggests (from European comparisons) a late Biharian date, so site tentatively assigned to Middle Pleistocene. Ursus aff. deningeri is also present.
Environment/lithology: fissure fill
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: S. Sen, L. de Bonis, N. Dalfes, D. Geraads, J.J. Jaeger and J.M. Mazin. 1991. Premiere decouverte d'un site a mammiferes pleistocenes dans une fissure karstique en Anatolie centrale. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II 313:127-132 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 34368: authorized by Alan Turner, entered by Hannah O'Regan on 28.08.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
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Reptilia | |
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Aves | |
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Mammalia | |
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus
"Citellus sp." = Spermophilus Cuvier 1825 ground squirrel | |
Spalax cf. ehrenbergi blind mole
Apodemus mystacinus Danford and Alston 1877 Eastern broad-toothed field mouse | |
Chionomys sp., Microtus arvalis, "Pitymys cf. subterraneus" = Microtus, Microtus oeconomus, Arvicola flavicollis, Arvicola cantiana, "Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes, Mimomys sp., Lagurus pannonicus, Mesocricetus sp., Cricetulus sp.
Chionomys sp. Miller 1908 vole
Microtus arvalis Pallas 1779 common vole
"Pitymys cf. subterraneus" = Microtus vole
Microtus oeconomus Pallas 1776 tundra vole
Arvicola flavicollis vole
Arvicola cantiana vole
"Clethrionomys sp." = Myodes Pallas 1811 vole
Mimomys sp. Forsyth-Major 1902 vole
Lagurus pannonicus Kormos 1930 mouse
Mesocricetus sp. Nehring 1898 mouse
Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867 mouse | |
Dryomys sp. Thomas 1906 dormouse | |
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver | |
Hypolagus cf. brachygnathus rabbit | |
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika | |
Crocidura sp. Wagler 1832 white-toothed shrew
Sorex sp. Linnaeus 1758 long-tailed shrew | |
Ursus aff. deningeri Reichenau 1904 bear | |
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger | |
cf. Panthera sp. Oken 1816 cat | |
Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox | |
Pecora indet. ruminant | |
cf. Capreolus sp. Gray 1821 roe
Cervus cf. elephas deer |