The Open Geology Journal

2009, 3 : 58-63
Published online 2009 September 10. DOI: 10.2174/1874262900903010058
Publisher ID: TOGEOJ-3-58

nov. sp. (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Early Pliocene (Ruscinian) Fauna of I deli (Turkey)

Fadime Suata-Alpaslan
Cumhuriyet University, Faculty of Science and Letters, Anthrophology Department, 58140, Sivas, Turkey.

ABSTRACT

Pseudomeriones hansi nov. sp. is described from Igdeli locality (SW Sivas, Central Anatolia). The morphological description of the new species is given within its own systematic and stratigraphic relationships. The micromammalian fauna of Igdeli gives evidence for a new species which is characterized by its small size, its M2 with a deep lingual sinus curved backward and its m1 with a symmetric triangular anteroconid that bears a moderate labial arm reaching the base of the protoconid.

Keywords:

Igdeli, Early Pliocene/Ruscinian, Mammalia, Pseudomeriones, Taxonomy, Biocronology.