Carnivores from the Late Miocene locality of Hayranlı Hayranlı Sivas Turkey
       
Yazarlar (3)
Prof. Dr. Şakir Önder ÖZKURT Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Erksin Gulec
Ankara Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Cem ERKMAN Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı Turkish Journal of Zoology (Q3)
Dergi ISSN 1300-0179 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI-Exp, SCOPUS, Biological Abstracts, Biosis Full Coverage Shared, Biosis Previews, Curation, Essential Science Indicators, Pdf2xml, Pdf2xml, Reference Master, Sophia, Web Of Science Expanded, Zoological Record
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 08-2015
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 39 / 5 / 842–867 DOI 10.3906/zoo-1407-38
Makale Linki http://publication.plazi.org/id/1701352C58225E57FF8E6E07E073A973
Özet
The locality of Hayranlı-Sivas is situated in the central Anatolian plateau (Sivas, Turkey) and includes many fossil remains,including carnivores collected from 2 different spots. The aim of this study is to contribute to knowledge of carnivore evolution in Turkeybased on the fossil specimens in Hayranlı-Sivas. The studied collection indicates the presence of the following taxa: Hyaenictitheriumwongii, Hyaenictitherium intuberculatum, Lycyaena dubia, and Machairodus giganteus. L. dubia is the first record from Anatolia. Thematerial of each taxon was described and determined by comparison with other materials from various Eurasian localities. During theEarly or Middle Turolian 9 7 Ma. (MN11 12), shrubland and open savanna grassland ecosystem habitats might have contributed torich faunal diversity in the Hayranlı location. Moreover, carnivores of the area, represented by 4 taxa biochronologically, were adaptedto this ecology during the evolutionary processes. M. giganteus in closed ecosystem locality HAY-91 and H. wongii, H. intuberculatum,and L. dubia in open ecosystem locality HAY-2 were probably the most dominant carnivores of the survey area.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Carnivore | fossil | Machairodus giganteus | Hyaenictitherium wongii | Hyaenictitherium intuberculatum | Lycyaena dubia | evolution | Miocene | Sivas | Turkey