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A new early Pliocene locality Tepe Alagöz (Turkey) reveals a distinctive tooth phenotype of .i.Trischizolagus./i. (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) in Asia Minor
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SYSNO ASEP 0517254 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title A new early Pliocene locality Tepe Alagöz (Turkey) reveals a distinctive tooth phenotype of Trischizolagus (Lagomorpha, Leporidae) in Asia Minor Author(s) Čermák, Stanislav (GLU-S) RID, SAI, ORCID
Joniak, P. (SK)
Rojay, B. (TR)Article number 14A Source Title Palaeontologia Electronica. - : Coquina Press - ISSN 1935-3952
Roč. 22, č. 1 (2019)Number of pages 21 s. Publication form Online - E Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords Tepe Alagöz ; Turkey ; Pliocene ; Rodentia ; Lagomorpha ; Trischizolagus gambariani Subject RIV DB - Geology ; Mineralogy OECD category Paleontology Method of publishing Open access Institutional support GLU-S - RVO:67985831 UT WOS 000466864800018 EID SCOPUS 85071747844 DOI 10.26879/924 Annotation Pliocene leporid remains are very rare in Anatolia, occurring sporadically only in a few localities. The new locality of Tepe Alagöz (Çankırı Basin) is the first reported Pliocene locality in Turkey with sufficiently rich leporid material for determination of morphometric variability in taxonomically important teeth. The locality also yielded remains of the rodents Occitanomys debruijni, Allocricetus cf. ehiki, Pseudomeriones hansi, and an ochotonid lagomorph. The assemblage suggests an early Pliocene age (MN14) of about the same age or somewhat older than that in İğdeli (Sivas Basin). The medium-sized leporid is characterized by p3 of almost exclusively a “Nekrolagus” pattern with narrow anteroconid and very variable anteroflexid. It is associated with P2 bearing short paraflexus, long hypoflexus, and moderately developed mesoflexus, and I1 which is anteroposteriorly shortened with a shallow, V-shaped, cement-free anterior notch. The leporid was co-identified with Trischizolagus gambariani described from the coeval locality Nurnus (Armenia). A lectotype designation and emended diagnosis of the species are provided in this paper. The available fossil record of Trischizolagus indicates that the northwestern part of the peri-Paratethyan area was inhabited by T. dumitrescuae, but to the south and southeast by distinct T. gambariani. The only other proven finding of Trischizolagus from Anatolia was reported from Tozaklar (MN15), but due to the scarcity of fossil material a definite species determination is impossible. Workplace Institute of Geology Contact Jana Popelková, popelkova@gli.cas.cz, Sabina Janíčková, Tel.: 233 087 272 Year of Publishing 2020 Electronic address https://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2019/2465-trischizolagus-of-tepe-alagoez
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