Tepe 641 (Oligocene of Turkey)

Also known as TP641

Where: Anatolia, Turkey (40.3° N, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 40.6° N, 31.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Kizilirmak Formation), Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; massive, red mudstone

• Reddish massive mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 2002

Primary reference: P.-O. Antoine, L. Karadenizli, and G. SaraƧ. 2008. A giant rhinocerotoid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Late Oligocene of north-central Anatolia (Turkey). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 152:581-592 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 182502: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 03.11.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia -
 Placentalia -
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental
 Perissodactyla -
Rhinocerotoidea indet. Gray 1821 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla -
cf. Palaeohypsodontus sp. Trofimov 1958 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Lophiomerycidae
Lophiomerycidae indet. Janis 1987 ruminant
TP641-9
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Tragulidae "sp. 1" Milnes-Edwards 1864 chevrotain
Iberomeryx sp. Gabunia 1964 chevrotain
TP641-23-25 and 29
Iberomeryx parvus Gabunia 1964 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla -
 Carnivora -
? Feliformia indet. Kretzoi 1945 carnivoran