Plio-Pleistocene Amphibians And Reptiles From Central Turkey: New Faunas And Faunal Records With Comments On Their Biochronological Position Based On Small Mammals
Author
Syromyatnikova, Elena
A. A. Borissiak Paleontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Profsoyuznaya ul. 123, 117647 Moscow, Russia; e-mails: esyromyatnikova @ gmail. com, sev @ paleo. ru. & Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Author
Tesakov, Alexey
Geological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pyzhevsky per. 7, 119017 Moscow, Russia; e-mail: tesak @ ginras. ru.
tesak@ginras.ru.
Author
Mayda, Serdar
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Bornova, 35100 Izmir, Turkey; e-mail: serdar. mayda @ ege. edu. tr. & Ege University, Natural History Museum, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.
serdar.mayda@ege.edu.tr.
Author
Kaya, Tanju
Ege University, Natural History Museum, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey.
Author
Saraç, Gerçek
Sunar Sokak No: 3 / 3 Yenimahalle-Ankara, Turkey.
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2019-12-30
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http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/if-2019-0022
journal article
10.2478/if-2019-0022
2533-4069
5381828
Ranidae
indet.
Text-fig. 5i
M a t e r i a l. One angular, EUNHM PV-13237,
Hamamkarahisar A, early Pliocene, MN 14.
D e s c r i p t i o n. The angular is slightly S-shaped and lacks the anterior and posterior sections. The coronoid process is nearly rectangular and smooth dorsally (without rugosity). The groove for Meckel’s cartilage is approximately equally widened anteriorly and posteriorly. The crista mandibulae externa is relatively low.
R e m a r k s. The described angular differs from those assigned to
Pelophylax
sp.
(see above) in having a smooth rectangular coronoid process. The poor osteological characteristics of the extant species prevent identification of the material to the genus-level.