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
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
•original list of Sarac 1987 consisted of Hipparion sp., Chilotherium sp., and Palaeotragus sp., all of which are misidentified
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Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere | |
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Amebelodon grandincisivus Schlesinger 1917 gomphothere
Tetralophodon longirostris Kaup 1832 gomphothere | |
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Choerolophodon anatolicus Ozansoy 1965 proboscidean | |
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Acerorhinus zernowi Borissiak 1914 rhinoceros
Aceratherium incisivum Cuvier 1824 rhinoceros
Dihoplus schleiermacheri Kaup 1834 rhinoceros | |
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Hippotherium cf. primigenium von Meyer 1829 hipparionine horse | |
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Dorcatherium cf. jourdani Deperet 1887 chevrotain | |
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Hippopotamodon antiquus Kaup 1833 pig | |
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Indarctos arctoides Deperet 1895 bear | |
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