Carnivora from the middle Miocene hominoid locality of Çandir (Turkey)

Autor(en)

Doris Nagel

Abstrakt

In this paper, Amphicyonidae, Ursidae, Ailuridae, Mustelidae, Hyaenidae, Percrocutidae and Felidae of the middle Miocene locality of Çandir are revised and discussed. Altogether, 11 species belong to these families: one amphicyonid, Amphicyon major, one ursid, Hemicyon sansaniensis, one ailurid, Ampictis cuspida n. sp., three mustelids, Ischyrictis (Hoplictis) anatolicus, cf Trochictis depereti and Proputorius sp., two hyaenid species, all belonging to Protictitherium, two percrocutids of the genus Percrocuta and one felid, Pseudaelurus quadridentatus. Taxonomy, systematics, and paleobiogeography of the taxa are briefly discussed. The carnivoran fauna of Çandir turns out to be closely related to contemporary European faunas while African and Asian Carnivora differ at least on species level. Çandir therefore represents in many aspects a fauna typical for the European MN 6, only cf T. depereti and Percrocuta sp. are more advanced while A. cuspida n. sp. is the latest representative of the genus.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Paläontologie

Journal

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Seiten

113-131

Anzahl der Seiten

19

ISSN

0341-4116

Publikationsdatum

01-2003

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

105118 Paläontologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Palaeontology

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/b229a4b0-66d3-48a1-97fa-6398f6e84b6f