Emirkaya-2: Middle Pleistocene, Turkey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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cf. Panthera sp.
Oken 1816
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus aff. deningeri
Reichenau 1904
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Meles meles
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Vulpes vulpes
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Mammalia
- Pecora
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Pecora indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Cervus cf. elephas
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cf. Capreolus sp.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Sorex sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Crocidura sp.
Wagler 1832
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus cf. brachygnathus
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Ochotona sp.
Link 1795
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Castor fiber
Linnaeus 1758
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Citellus sp.
Oken 1816
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Muridae
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Apodemus mystacinus
Danford and Alston 1877
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Spalax cf. ehrenbergi
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Mimomys sp.
Forsyth-Major 1902
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Clethrionomys sp.
Tilesius 1850
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| synonym of Myodes | ||||||||||
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Arvicola flavicollis
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Arvicola cantiana
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Microtus arvalis
(Pallas 1779)
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Pitymys cf. subterraneus
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| synonym of Microtus | ||||||||||
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Microtus oeconomus
(Pallas 1776)
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Chionomys sp.
Miller 1908
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Cricetulus sp.
Milne-Edwards 1867
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Mesocricetus sp.
Nehring 1898
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Lagurus pannonicus
Kormos 1930
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Dryomys sp.
Thomas 1906
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Reptilia
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Reptilia indet.
Laurenti 1768
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| present but not described | ||||||||||
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Aves indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| present but not described | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
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Amphibia indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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| present but not described | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Turkey | State/province: | Central Anatolia |
| Coordinates: | 37.4° North, 31.9° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 37.4° North, 31.9° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Chibanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Middle Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.77400 - 0.12900 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Fossils are from a fissure filling some 5m across in 'late Triassic bituminous limestones which outcrop in the northern foothills of the Taurus chain'. Mimomys - Arvicola association suggests (from European comparisons) a late Biharian date, so site tentatively assigned to Middle Pleistocene. Ursus aff. deningeri is also present. |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | fissure fill |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Abundant small mammals. Collection also contains amphibians, reptiles and birds. Specimens identified as Canid or Hyaenid indet. are also reported. Fauna suggests a humid and partly forested local environment with some permanent water. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34368 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Turner | Enterer: | H. O'Regan |
| Modifier: | H. O'Regan | Research group: | PACED |
| Created: | 2003-08-28 06:42:40 | Last modified: | 2003-08-28 09:42:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-08-28 06:42:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9031. | PACED | S. Sen, L. de Bonis, N. Dalfes, D. Geraads, J.J. Jaeger and J.M. Mazin. 1991. Premiere decouverte d'un site a mammiferes pleistocenes dans une fissure karstique en Anatolie centrale. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Serie II 313:127-132 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan] |