LATE MIOCENE ARTIODACTYLLES (MAMMALIA) FROM YUKARISAZAK VILLAGE (KALE-DENİZLİ)

Abstract

Amongst the defined Artiodactyla specimen at Kapuşçabaşı locality. Yukarısazak village has been those that Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry, Protoryx carolinae Major, Tragoportax amalthea (Roth and Wagner) and Gazella deperdita (Gervais). These paleomammalian species has dated back as early as Late Miocene (Turolian) and implies presence of steppes covered by buch during that era.