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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http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/if-2019-0022
journal article
10.2478/if-2019-0022
2533-4069
5381828
Lacertidae
indet.
Text-fig. 6b
M a t e r i a l. One maxilla, EUNHM PV-13239,
Nasrettinhoca 1, early Pliocene, MN 14.
D e s c r i p t i o n. The maxilla is incomplete and represented by a fragment of its anterior part. It bears pleurodont teeth. Only three teeth are preserved. All teeth are cylindrical, slender, and vertical; their bases are not expanded. The height of the teeth does not exceed approximately
1 mm
. The tooth apices are bicuspid.
R e m a r k s. The fragmentary maxilla from Nasrettinhoca 1 clearly shows the typical character of
Lacertidae
, i.e. the pleurodont bicuspid teeth (e.g.
Estes et al. 1988
).
Lacertidae
are highly abundant and variable in the region of modern day
Turkey
. This makes the identification of fragmentary material such as the specimen from Nasrettinhoca 1 problematic. The small size of the maxilla would suggest the presence of a relatively small-sized taxon.