Süngülü: Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene, Turkey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Confiniummys sidiki n. gen., n. sp.
Ottomania proavita n. gen., n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Lignitella cf. suemengeni Unay-Bayraktar 1989
Pseudocricetodon aff. montalbanensis Thaler 1969
Edirnella kempeni n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003
Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003
cf. Zhungaromys sp. Emry et al. 1998
Witenia fusca n. gen., n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003
Witenia flava n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003
Paracricetodon wentgesi n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 2003
Mammalia - Primates - Eosimiidae
Sungulusimias unayae n. gen., n. sp. Metais et al. 2023
Metais et al. 2023
one m2 (Sü-2020) = holotype
Mammalia - Gelocidae
cf. Bachitherium sp. Filhol 1882
Metais et al. 2023
one M1 or M2 (Sü-2017), one p4 (Sü-2019)
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Iberomeryx sp. Gabunia 1964
Metais et al. 2023
one m3 (Sü-2016)
Iberomeryx cf. parvus Gabunia 1964
Metais et al. 2023
one p3 (Sü-2002), two p4 (Sü-2003, Sü-2005), one m1 (Sü-2009), one M1 or M2 (Sü-2010)
see common names

Geography
Country:Turkey State/province:Ardahan
Coordinates: 41.5° North, 42.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.4° North, 49.5° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene
Key time interval:Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene
Age range of interval:37.20000 - 28.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: From the Eo/Oligocene boundary interval
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:79072
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, K. Beard Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, K. Beard
Modifier:K. Beard Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-02-24 15:44:11 Last modified:2023-12-12 15:55:43
Access level:the public Released:2008-02-24 15:44:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26491. H. de Bruijn, E. Unay, G. Sarac and A. Yïlmaz. 2003. A rodent assemblage from the Eo/Oligocene boundary interval near Süngülü, Lesser Caucasus, Turkey. Coloquios de Paleontología, Volumen Extraordinario 1:47-76 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Alroy]

Secondary references:

86822 G. Metais, P. Coster, A. Licht, F. Ocakoglu, and K. C. Beard. 2023. Additions to the late Eocene Süngülü mammal fauna in easternmost Anatolia and the Eocene-Oligocene transition at the periphery of Balkanatolia. Comptes Rendus Palevol 22(35):711-727 [K. Beard/K. Beard]
60701 E. Unay, H. de Bruijn, and G. Saraç. 2003. The Oligocene rodent record of Anatolia: a review. Deinsea 10:531-537 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]