Micromammals from the late early Miocene of Çapak (western Anatolia) herald a time of change
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2021
Yazarlar: Melike Bilgin, Peter Joniak, Serdar MAYDA, Fikret Goktas, Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Lars W. van den Hoek Ostende
Journal of Paleontology, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Wos, 2021, cilt 95, ss 1079-1096
DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2021.27
Özet
Abstract The new fossil micromammal assemblage of Çapak represents a mixture of both Anatolian and European faunal elements. The locality is very important for understanding faunal evolution in the less well-known time interval at the end of the early Miocene of western Anatolia. In Çapak, nine species of rodents and one species of ochotonid were encountered: the hamstersDemocricetodon gracilis,Megacricetodon primitivus,Eumyarionaff.E.montanus,Cricetodoncf.C.aliveriensis,Cricetodonsp., andKarydomyscf.K.strati, the mole-ratDebruijniasp., the squirrelAliveria luteyni, the dormouseMyomimus tanjuaen. sp., and the pikaAlbertona balkanica. The assemblage is referable to Anatolian local zone E or MN unit 4. The relative abundance of the various genera is markedly different from that of the older early Miocene assemblages, suggesting that the environment in Anatolia became drier and had a more open landscape. UUID: http://zoobank.org/75f3276c-dcd8-4090-b2f6-d8fc8d3c3f7c