Where: Turkey (37.2° N, 29.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 29.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: MN15 mammal zone, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• vertebrate fossils from bulk sample collected from various parts of section; molluscs from three distinct levels within 13 meter section
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; carbonaceous shale
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve
Primary reference: L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, J. D. Gardner, L. Bennekom, M. C. Alçiçek, A. Murray, F. P. Wesselingh, H. Alçiçek and A. Tesakov. 2015. Ericek, a new Pliocene vertebrate locality in the Çameli Basin (southwestern Anatolia, Turkey). PalZ 95:305-320 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 234457: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 14.04.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Gastropoda | |
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Galba sp. Schrank 1803 snail | |
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Actinopteri | |
Barbus sp., "Squalius sp." = Leuciscus
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816 carp-like fish
"Squalius sp." = Leuciscus Cuvier 1817 carp-like fish | |
Mammalia | |
Cricetulus sp. Milne-Edwards 1867 rodent
Mimomys occitanus Thaler 1955 vole | |
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Apodemus cf. dominans Eurasian field mouse
Rhagapodemus primaevus mouse
Orientalomys cf. similis Argyropulo and Pidoplichka 1939 mouse | |
Asoriculus indet. Kretzoi 1959 shrew | |
Reptilia | |
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Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811 colubrid snake | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1813 frog | |
? Palaeobatrachidae indet. Cope 1865 frog | |
Urodela indet. salamander |