Amasya (Neogene of Turkey)

Where: Aydin, Turkey (37.8° N, 28.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 28.3° E)

When: MN 13 (7.2 - 4.9 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 68565: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 27.01.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys cf. caspica
Mauremys cf. caspica Gmelin 1774 Caspian turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775 African softshell turtle
From the text; in their table 2 is probably mistaken as Testudo
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella amasyae n. sp.
Desmanella amasyae n. sp. Engesser 1980 mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet., Amblycoptus sp.
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Amblycoptus sp. Kormos 1926 red-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Schizogalerix sp.
Schizogalerix sp. Engesser 1980 hedgehog