Yulafli (CY): MN 10, Turkey
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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| possibly from CYA | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium giganteum
Kaup 1829
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Choerolophodontidae
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Choerolophodon anatolicus
Ozansoy 1965
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Amebelodon grandincisivus
(Schlesinger 1917)
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Tetralophodon longirostris
(Kaup 1832)
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Indarctos arctoides
Deperet 1895
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hippotherium cf. primigenium
(von Meyer 1829)
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Dihoplus schleiermacheri
(Kaup 1834)
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Kaya and Heissig 2001 | |||||||||
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Acerorhinus zernowi
(Borissiak 1914)
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Kaya and Heissig 2001 | |||||||||
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Aceratherium incisivum
(Cuvier 1824)
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Kaya and Heissig 2001 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Hippopotamodon antiquus
(Kaup 1833)
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Mammalia
- Tragulidae
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Dorcatherium cf. jourdani
Deperet 1887
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Mammalia
- Giraffidae
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? Palaeogiraffa cf. macedoniae
(Geraads 1989)
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| possibly from CYA | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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? Bovidae indet.
Gray 1821
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| possibly from CYA | ||||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Turkey | State/province: | Thrace |
| Coordinates: | 41.2° North, 27.8° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.8° North, 27.5° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | MN 10 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 9.70000 - 8.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Ergene | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: from a single channel fill | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray,yellow sandstone |
| Lithology description: "The Ergene formation... consists of yellowish gray, sandy to muddy fluvial facies. The mammalian fossils occur in a channel-filling sand horizon..." | |
| Environment: | "channel" |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:this is the main Yulafli locality, and earlier reports pertain to it original list of Sarac 1987 consisted of Hipparion sp., Chilotherium sp., and Palaeotragus sp., all of which are misidentified | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 67661 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-12-02 19:40:53 | Last modified: | 2006-12-02 21:40:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-12-02 19:40:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 19320. | D. Geraads, T. Kaya, and S. Mayda. 2005. Late Miocene large mammals from Yulafli, Thrace region, Turkey, and their biogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 50(3):523-544 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 24728 | T. Kaya and K. Heissig. 2001. Late Miocene rhinocerotids (Mammalia) from Yulafli (Corlu-Thrace/Turkey). Geobios 34(4):457-467 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |