Mercan 1 (Pliocene of Turkey)

Where: Eskişehir, Turkey (39.3° N, 31.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.3° N, 31.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Porsuk Formation, Late/Upper Pliocene (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• MN16

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; limestone

• gastropod-bearing clayey limestone horizons in the middle part of subunit NP3

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Syromyatnikova, A. Tesakov, S. Mayda, T. Kaya, and G. Saraç. 2019. Plio-Pleistocene amphibians and reptiles from Central Turkey: new faunas and faunal records with comments on their biochronological position based on small mammals. Fossil Imprint 75(3–4):343-358 [J. Head/G. Varnham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 230657: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Grace Varnham on 10.07.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Pelophylax sp.
Pelophylax sp. Fitzinger 1843 frog
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus sp.
Palaeobatrachus sp. Tschudi 1839 frog
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmaninae indet.
Desmaninae indet. Thomas 1912 mole
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys hajnackensis