A new late Miocene bovid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from Çorakyerler (Turkey)
<p>We describe here five new bovid crania from the Çorakyerler fossil site (Tüglu Formation, Çankırı Basin, north-central Anatolia, Turkey), the fauna of which is dated by magneto- and biostratigraphy to the late Miocene, around the Vallesian–Turolian boundary. The material is assigned to a ne...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2021-02-01
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| Series: | Fossil Record |
| Online Access: | https://fr.copernicus.org/articles/24/9/2021/fr-24-9-2021.pdf |
| Summary: | <p>We describe here five new bovid crania from the
Çorakyerler fossil site (Tüglu Formation, Çankırı Basin,
north-central Anatolia, Turkey), the fauna of which is dated by magneto- and
biostratigraphy to the late Miocene, around the Vallesian–Turolian boundary.
The material is assigned to a new bovid taxon of medium-to-large size,
<i>Gangraia anatolica</i> gen. and sp. nov., characterized by horn cores that are long, keelless, compressed, obliquely
inserted on the frontals, transversally ridged, moderately
diverging from each other, slightly twisted homonymously, and sigmoidally curved in
lateral view with long, fairly straight tips. The horn core features, along
with the presence of a single large sinus occupying the pedicle and the base
of the horn core, a strong cranial flexion, a short braincase, the
presence of a distinct dorsal parietal boss, wide-apart temporal crests,
and a widened anteriorly basioccipital, indicate a mixture of caprine-like and
alcelaphine-like features that relate <i>Gangraia anatolica</i> gen. and sp. nov. to the
Alcelaphini–Caprini–Hippotragini clade.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 2193-0066 2193-0074 |