Calta: Ruscinian, Turkey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Helix cincta
Subzebrinus sp.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. viridis Laurenti 1768
Bufo sp. cf. B. viridis
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus marathonensis Weithofer 1888
Reptilia - Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet. Gray 1865
Reptilia - Boidae
Eryx sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia - Elapidae
Palaeonaja sp. Hoffstetter 1939
synonym of Naja
Reptilia
Scolecophidia indet. Duméril and Bibron 1844
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Reptilia - Scincidae
Scincidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Struthionidae
Struthio sp. Linnaeus 1758
Janoo and Sen 1988 8 specimens
morphologically close to Struthio asiaticus
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae
Pliospalax macoveii (Simionescu 1930)
Sen 1998 16 %-specimens
16% of rodent remains
Occitanomys sp. Michaux 1969
Sen 1998 6 specimens
6 isolated teeth
Pseudomeriones tchaltaensis
Sen 1998 57 %-specimens
57% of rodent remains
Orientalomys galaticus
Sen 1998
Centralomys magnus (Sen 1977)
Sen 1998
Apodemus dominans
Sen 1998 4 specimens
4 molars
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Mimomys davakosi van de Weerd 1979
Sen 1998
Mesocricetus cf. primitivus de Bruijn et al. 1970
Sen 1998
Mesocricetus sp. cf. M. primitivus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Dryomimus eliomyoides Kretzoi 1959
Sen 1998 2 specimens
2 upper M2
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonoma anatolica n. gen., n. sp.
Sen 1998 207 specimens
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reumer 1998 4 specimens
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Reumer 1998 1 specimen
Mafia csarnotense
Reumer 1998 19 specimens
Asoriculus gibberodon
Reumer 1998 37 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Chasmaporthetes kani Galiano and Frailey 1977
Chasmaporthetes kani anatolicus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Machairodus giganteus Wagner 1848
Lynx issiodorensis (Croizet and Jobert 1828)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Nyctereutes donnezani Depérer 1890
Vulpes galaticus Ginsburg 1998
Mammalia - Giraffidae
Giraffa cf. jumae Leakey 1967
Giraffa sp. cf. G. jumae
Mammalia - Bovidae
Bovidae indet. Gray 1821
Bouvrain 1998 5 specimens
Bovidae indet. cf. Koufotragus bailloudi, 1 horncore, 1 maxilla fragment, 1 mandible fragment and a lower P4.
Gazella emilii n. sp. Bouvrain 1998
Bouvrain 1998 34 specimens
Hippotragini indet. Sundevall 1845
Bouvrain 1998 5 specimens
Tchaltacerus longicornis n. gen., n. sp. Bouvrain 1998
Bouvrain 1998 9 specimens
? Gazellospira sp. Pilgrim and Schaub 1939
Bouvrain 1998 12 specimens
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervus cf. perrieri Croizet and Jobert 1828
recombined as Praeelaphus perrieri
Cervus sp. cf. C. perrieri
Mammalia - Suidae
Sus arvernensis Deperet 1885
Guerin et al. 1998 11 specimens
Sus arvernensis minor
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparion heintzi
Hipparion cf. longipes Gromova 1952
Hipparion sp. cf. H. longipes
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Dicerorhinus megarhinus (de Christol 1835)
Guerin and Sen 1998 6 specimens
misspelling Dihoplus megarhinus
see common names

Geography
Country:Turkey State/province:Ankara
Coordinates: 39.9° North, 32.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.9° North, 32.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Ruscinian
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.10000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Dated using microfauna to the lower part of MN15 (Late Ruscinian) approx. 4Ma, Pliocene.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:"floodplain"
Geology comments: 'Four main depositional environments wewre recognised: 1. distal alluvial fan, 2. fluvial channel, 3. overbank and floodplain, 4. pond environment. The main fossil beds occur in the floodplain and ponded deposits at levels that show the best developed paleosols.1
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Fauna adapted to relatively dry and open environments with some water, as frogs and water shrews are present. Isotopic work indicates an open and probably steppic environment.
Metadata
Also known as:Çalta
Database number:34370
Authorizer:A. Turner Enterer:H. O'Regan
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:PACED
Created:2003-08-28 07:07:24 Last modified:2023-07-07 05:09:20
Access level:the public Released:2003-08-28 07:07:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
9032.PACED S. Sen, G. Bouvrain, and D. Geraads. 1998. Pliocene vertebrate locality of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 12. Paleoecology, biogeography and biochronology. Geodiversitas 20(3):497-510 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]

Secondary references:

9590PACED H. Bocherens and S. Sen. 1998. Pliocene vertebrate locality of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 11. Isotopic investigation. Geodiversitas 20(3):487-495 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
9589PACED G. Bouvrain. 1998. Le gisement de vertebres pliocenes de Calta, Ankara, Turquie. 10. Bovidae. Geodiversitas 20(3):467-485 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
9584PACED L. Ginsburg, E. Heintz, and S. Sen. 1974. Le gisement pliocene a Mammiferes de Calta (Ankara, Turquie). C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris, Serie D 278:2739-2742 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
9588PACED C. Guerin, M. Faure, and S. Sen. 1998. Le gisement de vertebres pliocenes de Calta, Ankara, Turquie. 8. Suidae. Geodiversitas 20(3):441-453 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
9587PACED C. Guerin and S. Sen. 1998. Le gisement de vertebres pliocene de Calta, Ankara, Turquie. 6. Rhinocerotidae. Geodiversitas 20(3):397-407 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
9585PACED A. Janoo and S. Sen. 1988. Pliocene vertebrate locality of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 2. Aves: Struthionidae. Geodiversitas 20(3):339-351 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
9033PACED J.P. Lunkka, J. Kappelman, D. Ekart and S. Sen. 1998. Pliocene vertebrate locality of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 1. Sedimentation and lithostratigraphy. Geodiversitas 20(3):329-338 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]
94485% 1980J. W. F. Reumer. 1998. Pliocene vertebrate loclaity of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 3. Insectivores. Geodiversitas 20(3):353-358 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/J. Alroy]
9586PACED S. Sen. 1998. Pliocene vertebrate locality of Calta, Ankara, Turkey. 4. Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Geodiversitas 20(3):359-378 [A. Turner/H. O'Regan/H. O'Regan]