Primary report of first documentation of mammal footprints from the late Oligocene in  the Sivas Basin, Turkey

Bekir Levent MESCİ; Ahmet Cem ERKMAN; Şakir Önder ÖZKURT

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Primary report of first documentation of mammal footprints from the late Oligocene in the Sivas Basin, Turkey

Authors:

Bekir Levent MESCİ | Ahmet Cem ERKMAN | Şakir Önder ÖZKURT

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 2019 Vol.28 Issue 6, pp.822-833

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000730944

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-619X

pISSN:

1300-0985

Abstract:

 

The footprints in this study, which were considered to have been made by ungulates, were discovered on mudstone that was  approximately 5 cm thick, near an abundant mud-cracked plane located on the stratigraphic subsurface of the late Oligocene Karayün  Formation, which crops out over wide areas in southern Sivas (Turkey) and has terrestrial, fluvial sediment characteristics. These ungulate  footprints documented from the late Oligocene of the Karayün Formation in southern Sivas represent the first reported vertebrates in  Anatolia. The footprints of three different species of ungulates were identified. The shapes, depth, and widths of the footprints provided  some basic ichnotaxonomic and TrackMaker information, but based on the poor preservation of the footprints, ichnotaxa identification  is difficult. This study aimed to use an ichnotaxonomic approach to contribute to the late Oligocene biochronology in Anatolia due to  the small amount of footprint findings in the literature. Ungulate herds left mixed footprints in wetland areas along the banks of flooding  rivers. The late Oligocene period was a time characterized by large climate changes in Anatolia; hence, it may have hosted different  ecosystems and taxa.

Article Details

Primary report of first documentation of mammal footprints from the late Oligocene in the Sivas Basin, Turkey

Authors: Bekir Levent MESCİ | Ahmet Cem ERKMAN | Şakir Önder ÖZKURT

Publisher: TUBITAK

Journal: Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 2019 Vol.28 Issue 6, pp.822-833

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 11/2019

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000730944

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-619X

pISSN: 1300-0985

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Authors:

Bekir Levent MESCİ | Ahmet Cem ERKMAN | Şakir Önder ÖZKURT

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences 2019 Vol.28 Issue 6, pp.822-833

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

11/2019

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000730944

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-619X

pISSN:

1300-0985