A new Early Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Burdur Basin, SW Turkey
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2014
Yazarlar: Fatma Arzu Demirel, Serdar MAYDA
Russian Journal of Theriology, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2014, cilt 13, ss 55-63
DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.13.2.01
Özet
A new Early Pleistocene mammalian locality, referred to as "Yassigiime" from Burdur Basin of SW Anatolia is reported here for the first time. Here, we describe remains of an equid and bovids, most frequent elements of the fauna, as Equus sp., Gazellospira torticornis, and Leptobos cf. etruscus, all being the first records in Turkey. The coexistence of medium-sized bovine L. etruscus with spiral-horned antelope G. torticornis, and Equus sp. suggests Late Villafranchian age (~1.5 Ma) for Yassigiime. These records fill the gap in the paleobiogeographic range of these taxa in SE Mediterranean during Pleistocene.