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Rodents from the Upper Miocene Tuğlu Formation (Çankırı Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey)

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The upper Miocene assemblages of rodents collected from two layers of the type section of the Tuğlu Formation (Çankırı Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey) are described. The assemblage from the lower level is considerably less diverse than that from the upper level. It contains Progonomys together with Megacricetodon, which is a very unusual association. The assemblage from the upper layer shows a relatively high diversity with four species of Gliridae instead of only one in the lower layer. Apart from the more diverse Gliridae, Byzantinia sp., Spermophilinus, Keramidomys and Myocricetodon appear in the upper layer. The absence of Murinae in the assemblage from the upper layer is very unexpected, because they usually become dominant soon after their arrival. Their unusual subsequent absence may be either due to a significant change from an open and humid environment to a more dry and wooded environment or to taphonomic bias. Both rodent faunas are assigned to local zone I, which is correlated to the lower Vallesian (MN9).

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Die obermiozänen Vergesellschaftungen von Rodentiern aus zwei Lagen des Typus-Profiles der Tuğlu-Formation (Çankırı-Becken, zentral-Anatolien, Türkei) werden beschrieben. Die Vergesellschaftung der unteren Lage ist deutlich weniger divers als jene aus der oberen Lage. Sie beinhaltet Progonomys zusammen mit Megacricetodon, was eine ungewöhnliche Assoziation darstellt. Die Vergesellschaftung aus der oberen Lage zeigt eine relativ hohe Diversität, mit vier Arten der Gliridae, gegenüber nur einer in der unteren Lage. Neben den diversen Gliriden kommen in der oberen Lage Byzantinia sp., Spermophilinus, Keramidomys und Myocricetodon vor. Das Fehlen der Murniae in der oberen Lage ist unerwarted, da diese üblicherweise schon bald nach ihrem Auftauchen dominant werden. Ihre ungewöhnliche Abwesenheit mag entweder auf einen drastischen Wechsel von einem offenen, humiden Lebensraum zu einem trockenen und bewaldeten Lebensraum oder auf einen taphonomischen Artefakt zurückzuführen sein. Beide Rodentier-Faunen werden der lokalen Zone I zugeordnet, die mit dem unteren Vallesium (MN9) korreliert ist.

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We are thankful to Nuretdin Kaymakcı for sharing his knowledge on the regional geology and continuous support. Bora Rojay, Marianna Kováčová, Jan Schlögl, Ilaria Mazzini, Stella Lucifora and Michal Poljak are warmly thanked for their help during the field campaigns. The SEM photographs were made in the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic (project Barrande). We are thankful to Jerome Prieto and to an anonymous reviewer for valuable comments and critical remarks. This research is part of the Vertical Anatolian Movements Project (VAMP), funded by the TOPO-EUROPE program of the European Science Foundation and the Slovak Research and Development Agency (SRDA project nos. ESF-EC-009-07 and APVV-0099-11).

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Joniak, P., de Bruijn, H. Rodents from the Upper Miocene Tuğlu Formation (Çankırı Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey). Paläontol Z 89, 1039–1056 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12542-015-0257-5

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