A giant rhinocerotoid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the Late Oligocene of north-central Anatolia (Turkey)

Authors: ANTOINE, PIERRE-OLIVIER¹; KARADENIZLI, LEVENT²; SARAÇ, GERÇEK³; SEN, SEVKET⁴

Source: Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 152, Number 3, March 2008 , pp. 581-592(12)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Abstract:

A giant rhinocerotoid is described for the first time south of the Black Sea, in Turkey. The single specimen, a fragmentary radius referred to Paraceratherium sp., originates from conglomerates nearby at Gözükizilli, in the Çankiri-Çorum Tertiary basin. These layers correspond to the Lower member of the Kizilirmak Formation. The same locality (Gözükizilli-2) yields also the small rhinocerotid Protaceratherium sp., cf. P. albigense (Roman, 1912). Three other mammal localities (Gözükizilli-1, in the Lower Member of the formation, with several rodent species; Tepe 641 and Kizilirmak, in the Upper Member, with a diversified micro- and macro-mammal fauna) allow us to refer the Kizilirmak Formation as a whole to the Late Oligocene. All the observed taxa have strong Asian and/or European affinities, which precludes any geographical insulation for this part of Anatolia during the Late Oligocene. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 152, 581-592.

Keywords: indricothere; palaeogeography; Paraceratherium; vertebrate palaeontology

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00366.x

Affiliations: 1: Laboratoire des Mécanismes de Transfert en Géologie, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, IRD, OMP, 14 Avenue Édouard Belin, F-31400 Toulouse, France 2: Geology Department, Maden ve Tektik Arama Genel Müdürlügü, 06520 Ankara, Turkey 3: Natural History Museum, Maden ve Tektik Arama Genel Müdürlügü, 06520 Ankara, Turkey 4: Laboratoire de Paléontologie, UMR 5143 CNRS, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 8 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris Cedex 5, France

Publication date: 2008-03-01

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