Inkonak (Oligocene of Turkey)

Also known as Inkonak M.R. 6

Where: Turkey (39.3° N, 37.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 37.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 30 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: H. de Bruijn, E. Uenay, L. Hoek Ostende and G. SaraƧ. 1992. A new association of small mammals from the lowermost Lower Miocene of Central Anatolia. Geobios 25(5):651-670 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68157: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 04.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
cf. Neurogymnurus sp. Filhol 1877 hedgehog
Galerix cf. saratji van den Hoek Ostende 1992 hedgehog
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Meteamys alpani n. gen. n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1992 rodent
Muhsinia steffensi n. gen. n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1992 rodent
cf. Cricetodon sp. Lartet 1851 rodent
cf. Spanocricetodon sp. Li 1977 rodent
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Glirulus (Paraglirulus) sp. Thomas 1906 Japanese dormouse
Microdyromys sp. de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
 Rodentia - Allactagidae