Middle and Late Miocene Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Denizli Basin (Southwestern Turkey) and a New Species ofMegacricetodon

2014 ◽  
Vol 88 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hüseyin Erten ◽  
Sevket Sen ◽  
Muhittin Görmüş
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Time Range ◽  
Western Anatolia ◽  
Geological Features ◽  
Siliciclastic Sediments ◽  
Stratigraphic Succession ◽  
A New Species

The occurrences of Cricetidae and the description of a new species,Megacricetodon yenicekentensisnew species from the Denizli terrestrial Neogene Basin are considered herein. The Miocene sediments of the area mainly include terrestrial siliciclastic sediments and have a significant mammal fauna. Fieldwork was carried out in the six localities in the basin and the following rodents were identified:Cricetodon candirensis,Cricetulodon hartenbergeri,Megacricetodon minorandMegacricetodon yenicekentensisn. sp. This is the first study of rodent faunas from the Denizli Basin, which is still poorly documented. This study contributes to a better understanding of the stratigraphic and geological features of the Denizli Basin, which is one of the grabens formed within the Neotectonic period of Western Anatolia and has a significant role in explaining the tectonic evolution of the region. Its sedimentary units are, in stratigraphic order, the Kızılburun, Sazak, Kolankaya and Ulubey formations. Based on the systematics and biochronological implications of cricetids and the bulk faunas from six localities, the time range of these formations is discussed, and an age between the early middle Miocene (MN 6) and late Miocene (MN 10) is proposed for this stratigraphic succession. In addition, the dating of the Ulubey Formation, which is observed both in the Denizli and Uşak-Selendi basins, provides new data about the time of connection between these two basins.

scholarly journals The tectonic evolution of Lake Eğirdir, West Turkey

Geologos ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Karaman
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Lacustrine Sediments ◽  
Central Anatolia ◽  
Normal Faults ◽  
Western Anatolia ◽  
Isparta Angle ◽  
Topographic Condition

The tectonic evolution of Lake Eğirdir, West Turkey Lake Eğirdir is one of the most important fresh-water lakes of Turkey. It has a tectonics-related origin. The area formed under a roughly N-S compressional tectonic regime during the Middle Miocene. The stresses caused slip faults west and east of Isparta Angle, and the lake formed at the junction of these faults. The area subsided between normal faults, thus creating the topographic condition required for a lake. The lacustrine sediments have fundamentally different lithologies. After the Late Miocene, central Anatolia started to move westwards, but western Anatolia moved in a SW direction along the South-western Anatolian Fault, which we suggest to have a left lateral slip, which caused that the Hoyran Basin moved t7 km towards the SW and rotated 40° counterclockwise relative to Lake Eğirdir.

Neogastropod molluscs from the Miocene of western Amazonia, with comments on marine to freshwater transitions in molluscs

2002 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geerat J. Vermeij ◽  
Frank P. Wesselingh
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Water Level ◽  
Late Miocene ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
South American ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Early Late ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Freshwater Environments

Two neogastropod species occur in brackish intervals in the Pebas Formation (late Middle to early Late Miocene) of Peru and Colombia in western Amazonia. Purpura woodwardi Roxo, 1924, is assigned to Melongena Schumacher, 1817 (Melongenidae), and ?Nassarius reductus (Nassariidae) is recognized as a new species. These gastropods are among the very few marine invaders in the otherwise freshwater Pebas fauna. The small number of marine to freshwater transitions among South American molluscs contrasts with the situation among South American fishes and southeast Asian molluscs. It may be related to seasonal fluctuations in water level and anoxia in present-day South American freshwater environments, as well as to predation and productivity.

A new species of Anchitherium (Equidae: Anchitheriinae) from the Middle Miocene of Abocador de Can Mata (Vallès-Penedès Basin, NE Iberian Peninsula)

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 567-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheyenn Rotgers ◽  
David M. Alba ◽  
Josep M. Robles ◽  
Isaac Casanovas-Vilar ◽  
Jordi Galindo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Middle Miocene ◽  
Ne Iberian Peninsula ◽  
A New Species

Scutellaria topcuoglui (Lamiaceae), a new serpentinomorph species from south-western Anatolia, Turkey

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 528 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-190
Author(s):  
HASAN YILDIRIM ◽  
MEHMET ÇİÇEK ◽  
KENAN AKBAŞ ◽  
ERKAN ŞEKER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Habitat Preference ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Western Anatolia ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Comprehensive Description ◽  
Glandular Hairs ◽  
Corolla Length ◽  
Pollen Shape ◽  
A New Species

Scutellaria topcuoglui (Lamiaceae) from Muğla Province (south-western Anatolia) is described as a new species to science. The new species is morphologically similar to S. glaphyrostachys, but differs from it by several morphological characters, such as the presence of glandular hairs in stems, leaves, bracts, calyx and corolla, scutellum length, corolla length, coloration, and indumentum, mericarp length, coloration, and sculpture, pollen shape, and habitat preference. Diagnostic characters, a comprehensive description, photographs, and a distribution map are provided.

Luciobarbus kottelati, a new species of barbel (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the Buyuk Menderes River, Turkey, with rediagnose of L. lydianus

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1824 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAVUT TURAN ◽  
F. GÜLER EKMEKÇİ ◽  
ALİ İLHAN ◽  
SEMİH ENGİN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Western Anatolia ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Büyük Menderes River ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Pelvic Fin

Luciobarbus kottelati, new species, is described from the River Büyük Menderes, Aegean Sea drainage, Turkey. It is distinguished from all other species of Luciobarbus in Europe and western Anatolia by the pelvic-fin origin markedly in front of the dorsal-fin origin (vs. behind). Luciobarbus lydianus, considered to be a synonym of L. pectoralis by most recent authors is a valid species and is rediagnosed.

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