Paleoenvironment and age of the middle pleistocene site of gölbaşı (near adıyaman, southeastern turkey): a reconstruction based on rodents

Small mammals from Gölbaşı (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 (‘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.

Turkey ,

Early Middle Pleistocene ,

Small Mammals ,

Paleoenvironment ,