Sofca (Miocene of Turkey)

Where: Kütahya, Turkey (39.8° N, 30.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.8° N, 30.6° E)

When: Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: B. Engesser. 1980. Insectivora und Chiroptera (Mammalia) aus dem Neogen der Türkei. Schweizerischen Paläontologischen Abhandlungen 102:46-149 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68560: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 26.01.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
Crocidurinae indet. Milne Edwards 1874 white-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Schizogalerix aff. pasalarensis Engesser 1980 hedgehog
Schizogalerix aff. anatolica Engesser 1980 hedgehog
Mioechinus sp. Butler 1948 hedgehog
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx truinguis softshell turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo cf. graeca Linnaeus 1758 common tortoise
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys cf. caspica Gmelin 1774 Caspian turtle