Kurtchuk-Tchekmedje: Late/Upper Miocene, Turkey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Helix sp.
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Actinopteri
- Labriformes
- Labridae
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Labridae indet.
(Cuvier 1816)
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Actinopteri
- Spariformes
- Sparidae
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Sparidae indet.
(Cuvier 1817)
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Clariidae
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Heterobranchus sp.
Hilaire 1827
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Actinopteri
- Siluriformes
- Siluridae
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Silurus aff. serdicensis
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Discoglossidae
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Discoglossidae indet.
Günther 1859
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufonidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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? Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Varanidae
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Varanus sp.
Merrem 1820
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Reptilia
- Viperidae
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Viperidae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Natricinae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacertidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx truinguis
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Staesche et al. 2007 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Emydinae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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= Mauremys cf. caspica
Gmelin 1774
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Staesche et al. 2007 | ||||||
= Mauremys aristotelica
Vlachos et al. 2019
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Karl et al. 2021 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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= Testudo cf. graeca
Linnaeus 1758
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Staesche et al. 2007 | ||||||
= Testudo marmorum
Gaudry 1862
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Karl et al. 2021 | ||||||
Cheirogaster cf. bolivari
(Hernandez-Pacheco 1917)
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Staesche et al. 2007 | ||||||
= Titanochelon sp.
Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014
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Pérez-García and Vlachos 2014 | ||||||
= Titanochelon kayadibiensis
Karl et al. 2021
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Karl et al. 2021 | ||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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cf. Sakya sp.
Carroll 1988
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Mammalia
- Tubulidentata
- Orycteropodidae
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Orycteropus sp.
Geoffroy 1791
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Choerolophodontidae
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Choerolophodon pentelici
(Gaudry and Lartet 1856)
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium giganteum
Kaup 1829
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Synconolophus serridentinoides
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Gomphotherium angustidens
Burmeister 1837
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Cricetodon decedens
Schaub 1925
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recombined as Cricetodon (Hispanomys) decedens | |||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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"Monosaulax" cf. eseri
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Chalicomys jaegeri
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Indarctos arctoides
Deperet 1895
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Mustelidae indet.
Fischer 1817
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Sivaonyx hessicus
Lydekker 1890
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Lutra pontica
Nordmann 1860
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recombined as Limnonyx pontica | |||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phoca vindobonensis
Toula 1897
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recombined as Praepusa vindobonensis | |||||||
Phoca maeotica
Nordmann 1860
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recombined as Cryptophoca maeotica | |||||||
Manatus maeoticus
Eichwald 1850
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invalid subgroup of Phocadae | |||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Hyaenidae
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Ictitherium cf. orbingyi
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Viverridae
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Viverridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Machairodus aphanistus
(Kaup 1833)
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Felis aff. prisca
Kaup 1833
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Percrocutidae
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Percrocuta senyureki
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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Samotherium sp.
Forsyth Major 1888
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Bohlinia speciosa
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Palaeotragus sp.
Gaudry 1861
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Gazella aff. pilgrimi
Bohlin 1935
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Tragocerus cf. amaltheus
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Helicotragus rotundicornis
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium jourdani
Deperet 1887
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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? Korynochoerus sp.
Schmidt-Kittler 1971
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Microstonyx cf. antiquus
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Hyotherium aff. sommeringi
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Cetotherium priscum
(Eichwald 1840)
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nomen dubium belonging to Cetacea | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Eurhinodelphinidae
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Eurhinodelphis aff. longirostris
Du Bus 1867
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Delphinidae
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Archaeocetus fockii
(Brandt 1873)
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recombined as Lissodelphis fockii | |||||||
Archaeocetus nordmanni
(Brandt 1873)
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recombined as Lissodelphis nordmanni | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kentriodontidae
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Acrodelphis fuchsii
(Brandt 1873)
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recombined as Kentriodon fuchsii | |||||||
Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Physeteridae
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Physeterula dubusii
Van Beneden 1877
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corrected as Physeterula dubusi | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hipparion cf. primigenium
(von Meyer 1829)
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recombined as Hippotherium primigenium | |||||||
Hipparion eldaricum
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Aceratherium cf. kowaleskii
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Diceros aff. primaevus
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Diceros cf. neumayri
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotherium goldfussi
Kaup 1833
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Gastropoda
- Melanopsidae
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Melanopsis acanthicus
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Melanopsis acanthicoides
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Melanopsis trojana
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Melanopsis kleini
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbis sp.
Muller 1774
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mactra aff. luscata
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Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 41.0° North, 28.8° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 41.3° North, 28.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | not reported |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | Küçükçekmece | ||
Database number: | 56563 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos | Enterer: | M. Uhen, E. Vlachos |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | marine invertebrate,vertebrate |
Created: | 2005-11-21 09:24:00 | Last modified: | 2023-02-13 09:09:13 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-11-21 09:24:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
15232. | M. J. Piveteau. 1978. Un nouveau gisment de Vertebres dans le Chersonian Kurtchuk-Tchenkmedje Ouest (Thrace turque). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Senaces de L'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Series D 287(5):455-458 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
74972 | H. V. Karl, U. Staesche, and A. Safi. 2021. New findings of neogene tortoises Titanochelon kayadibiensis sp. nov. and Protestudo bessarabica (Riabinin, 1918) (Testudinidae) from the Miocene of western Turkey, with a review of fossil turtles of Turkey. SPC Journal of Environmental Sciences 3(1):1-9 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
60876 | A. Pérez-García and E. Vlachos. 2014. New generic proposal for the European Neogene large testudinids (Cryptodira) and the first phylogenetic hypothesis for the medium and large representatives of the European Cenozoic record. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 172:653-719 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] | |
61765 | K. Staesche, H.V. Karl, and U. Staesche. 2007. Fossile Schildkroten aus der Turkei. In U. Staesche (ed.), Fossile Schildkroten aus drei Kontinenten 98:91-149 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |