Paleoenvironment and age of the Middle Pleistocene site of Gölbaşı (near Adıyaman, southeastern Turkey): a reconstruction based on rodents

Authors : Fadime SUATAALPASLAN

Pages : 48-53

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Publication Date : 2011-06-30

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Small mammals from Gölbaşı insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(near Adıyaman, southeastern Turkey); have been analyzed in order to reconstruct paleoenvironment and age of the fossil site. The species recorded at Gölbaşı indicate an age around the Biharian/Toringian transition insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(‘Mimomys-Arvicola boundary’, early Middle Pleistocene);. The composition of the micromammal fauna suggests an open, humid and warm environment with wooded areas in the vicinity and confirms the trend towards open landscapes in the region during the Middle Pleistocene.
Keywords : Turkey, early Middle Pleistocene, small mammals, paleoenvironment