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Primary report of first document of mammal footprints from the late Oligocene in the Sivas basin, Turkey   
Yazarlar
Bekir Levent Mesci
Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Türkiye
 Ahmet Cem ERKMAN Ahmet Cem ERKMAN
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
 Şakir Önder ÖZKURT Şakir Önder ÖZKURT
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
The footprints in this study, which were considered to have been made by ungulates, were discovered on mudstone that wasapproximately 5 cm thick, near an abundant mud-cracked plane located on the stratigraphic subsurface of the late Oligocene KarayünFormation, which crops out over wide areas in southern Sivas (Turkey) and has terrestrial, fluvial sediment characteristics. These ungulatefootprints documented from the late Oligocene of the Karayün Formation in southern Sivas represent the first reported vertebrates inAnatolia. The footprints of three different species of ungulates were identified. The shapes, depth, and widths of the footprints providedsome basic ichnotaxonomic and TrackMaker information, but based on the poor preservation of the footprints, ichnotaxa identificationis difficult. This study aimed to use an ichnotaxonomic approach to contribute to the late Oligocene biochronology in Anatolia due tothe small amount of footprint findings in the literature. Ungulate herds left mixed footprints in wetland areas along the banks of floodingrivers. The late Oligocene period was a time characterized by large climate changes in Anatolia; hence, it may have hosted differentecosystems and taxa.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES
Dergi ISSN 1300-0985
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Dergi Grubu Q4
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 11-2019
Cilt No 28
Sayı 6
Sayfalar 822 / 833
Doi Numarası 10.3906/yer-1905-7
Makale Linki http://online.journals.tubitak.gov.tr/openAcceptedDocument.htm?fileID=1193811no=265158