Plio-Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles from Central Turkey: New Faunas and Faunal Records with Comments on their Biochronological Position Based on Small Mammals

Q3 Earth and Planetary Sciences

Fossil Imprint Pub Date : 2019-12-01 DOI:10.2478/if-2019-0022

E. Syromyatnikova, A. Tesakov, Serdar Mayda, T. Kaya, G. Saraç

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Abstract Small fossil vertebrates from several Pliocene and Pleistocene localities in Central Anatolia (Turkey) are reviewed. Data on small mammals represent assemblages from the early Pliocene (MN 14: Nasrettinhoca 1, 2 and Hamamkarahisar A, B), and late Pliocene (MN 16: Hoyhoytepe 1, 2, 3 and Mercan 1); Early Pleistocene (MN 17: Mercan 2), and Middle Pleistocene (MQ 1/MQ 2: Yenişarbademli). The biochronology related characters of arvicolines Promimomys, Mimomys, Microtus, Lagurus and Clethrionomys are briefly discussed. Data on the systematics of fossil amphibians and reptiles is also described from these localities. The early Pliocene (MN 14) assemblages significantly add to knowledge on the herpetofaunal composition of this stratigraphic level, which until now was poorly characterized in Turkey. Remains of Pelobatidae, Bufonidae, Ranidae, Amphisbaenia and Natricinae are reported for the first time from the MN 14 biozone of Turkey. Palaeobatrachus from Mercan 1 extends the temporal range of this group in the Eastern Mediterranean into the late Pliocene. The described remains of amphibians and reptiles from Turkey span a considerable stratigraphic range from the early Pliocene to the Middle Pleistocene (time interval of about 5 Ma) and partly fill a gap in the palaeoherpetofaunal record of the Eastern Mediterranean.

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土耳其中部上新世两栖爬行动物：基于小型哺乳动物的新动物群和动物区系记录及其生物年代定位评述

摘要：综述了土耳其中部几个上新世和更新世地区的小型脊椎动物化石。关于小型哺乳动物的数据代表了上新世早期（MN 14:Nasrettinhoca 1，2和Hamamkarahisar A，B）和上新世晚期（MN 16:Hoyhyteope 1，2，3和Mercan 1）的组合；早更新世（MN 17:Mercan 2）和中更新世（MQ 1/MQ 2:Yenişarpademli）。本文简要讨论了长鳍蛛、Mimomys、Microtus、Lagurus和Clethronomys的生物学特征。还描述了这些地区两栖动物和爬行动物化石的系统学数据。上新世早期（MN 14）的组合大大增加了对该地层级别的爬行动物-动物组成的了解，而到目前为止，土耳其对该地层的特征还很差。首次在土耳其MN 14生物区发现了蝙蝠科、蟾蜍科、蛙科、两栖纲和Natricinae的遗骸。来自Mercan 1的Paleobatrachus将该群在东地中海的时间范围延伸到上新世晚期。所描述的土耳其两栖动物和爬行动物遗骸跨越了从上新世早期到更新世中期的相当大的地层范围（时间间隔约5 Ma），部分填补了东地中海古爬行动物动物记录的空白。

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