Yulafli (CY) (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Thrace, Turkey (41.2° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 40.8° N, 27.5° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ergene Formation, MN 10 (9.7 - 8.7 Ma)

• from a single channel fill

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: "channel"; gray, yellow sandstone

• "The Ergene formation... consists of yellowish gray, sandy to muddy fluvial facies. The mammalian fossils occur in a channel-filling sand horizon..."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Geraads, T. Kaya, and S. Mayda. 2005. Late Miocene large mammals from Yulafli, Thrace region, Turkey, and their biogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(3):523-544 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 67661: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 02.12.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• this is the main Yulafli locality, and earlier reports pertain to it

•original list of Sarac 1987 consisted of Hipparion sp., Chilotherium sp., and Palaeotragus sp., all of which are misidentified

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Amebelodon grandincisivus, Tetralophodon longirostris
Amebelodon grandincisivus Schlesinger 1917 gomphothere
Tetralophodon longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Deinotherium giganteum
Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Choerolophodontidae
Choerolophodon anatolicus
Choerolophodon anatolicus Ozansoy 1965 proboscidean
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Indarctos arctoides
Indarctos arctoides Deperet 1895 bear
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hippopotamodon antiquus
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
? Bovidae indet.
? Bovidae indet. Gray 1821 antelope
possibly from CYA
 Artiodactyla - Giraffidae
? Palaeogiraffa cf. macedoniae
? Palaeogiraffa cf. macedoniae Geraads 1989 giraffe
possibly from CYA
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. jourdani
Dorcatherium cf. jourdani Deperet 1887 chevrotain
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aceratherium incisivum, Dihoplus schleiermacheri, Acerorhinus zernowi
Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros
Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros
Acerorhinus zernowi Borissiak 1914 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hippotherium cf. primigenium
Hippotherium cf. primigenium von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp.
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
possibly from CYA