Kavurca (Neogene of Turkey)

Where: Cankiri, Turkey (41.0° N, 34.0° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 33.6° 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 68569: 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

Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo cf. graeca Linnaeus 1758 common tortoise
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Crocidurinae indet. Milne Edwards 1874 white-toothed shrew
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
Amblycoptus sp. Kormos 1926 red-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella cf. amasyae Engesser 1980 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Erinaceinae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 hedgehog