Saricay (Miocene of Turkey)

Also known as Sari Cay

Where: Mugla, Turkey (37.3° N, 27.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.5° N, 27.8° E)

When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 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 68568: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 27.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella sickenbergi n. sp. Engesser 1980 mole
Talpinae indet. Fisher von Waldheim 1817 mole
Desmanodon sp. Engesser 1980 mole
Desmanodon minor n. sp. Engesser 1980 mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae "indet. I" Fischer 1814 shrew
Soricidae "indet. II" Fischer 1814 shrew
Dinosorex sp. Engesser 1972 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceinae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Plesiodimylus crassidens Engesser 1980 placental