Nasrettinhoca 2 (Pliocene of Turkey)

Where: Eskişehir, Turkey (39.5° N, 31.7° E: paleocoordinates 39.5° N, 31.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Porsuk Formation, MN 14 (4.9 - 4.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; mudstone and silty lime mudstone

• represented primarily by greyish-greenish limy mudrocks and silty limestone

Size class: mesofossils

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 230651: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Grace Varnham on 10.07.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad
One ilium, EUNHM PV-13226
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufotes viridis Laurenti 1768 toad
One ilium, EUNHM PV-13227
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 painted frog
Two ilia, EUNHM PV-13223–13224
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Natricinae indet. Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake
One trunk vertebra, EUNHM PV-13241
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotona sp. Link 1795 pika
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Rodentia - Muridae
Occitanomys sp. Michaux 1969 mouse
Apodemus sp. Kaup 1829 Eurasian field mouse
Promimomys insuliferus
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"Promimomys cf. insuliferus" = Polonomys insuliferus
"Promimomys cf. insuliferus" = Polonomys insuliferus Kowalski 1958