Also known as Eski-C
eltek

Where: Amasya, Turkey (40.9° N, 35.8° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 33.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Çeltek Formation, Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• late Paleocene or earliest Eocene according to Erdal et al. (2016), but most likely to be Ypresian (Metais et al. 2012)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; lignite

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the MNHN

Primary reference: S. Sen and E. Heintz. 1979. Palaeoamasia kansui Ozansoy 1966, Embrithopode (Mammalia) de l'Eocene d'Anatolie. Annales de Paleontologie (Vertebres) 65(1):73-91 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 84608: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 03.11.2008, edited by Pauline Coster

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