Bağiçi (Miocene of Turkey)

Also known as Bagici; Zivra

Where: Ankara, Turkey (39.5° N, 32.9° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.0° N, 33.4° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)

• "Both small and large mammals correspond stratigraphically to the local zone H (MN 7/8)."

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Čerňanský, D. Vasilyan, G. L. Georgalis, P. Jorniak, S. Mayda and J. Klembara. 2017. First record of fossil anguines (Squamata; Anguidae) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Turkey. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 110:741-751 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199743: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 11.02.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguinae indet. Gray 1825 squamates
UU BAG 5102 and 5103, osteoderms
Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758 slow worm
UU BAG 5101, dorsal vertebra
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
UU BAG 5104, dorsal vertebra