Karacay (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Corum, Turkey (40.2° N, 34.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 33.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184405: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 23.02.2017

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys cf. caspica Gmelin 1774 Caspian turtle