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The hipparions (Mammalia, Equidae) from Gülpinar (Canakkale, Turkey)

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Die turolische Säugetierfauna von Gülpinar (Canakkale, Türkei) umfaßt dreiHipparion-Taxa: H. cf.matthewi, H. sp. (mittelgroß) undH. sp. (groß). Zwei Metatarsalia gehören einem vierten Taxon an oder stammen von einer anderen Lokalität.

Abstract

The mammalian fauna from Gülpinar (Canakkale, Turkey), dated Turolian, comprises threeHipparion taxa:H. cf.matthewi, H. sp. medium-sized, andH. sp. large. Two metatarsals may represent a fourth taxon or may derive from a different locality. The hipparion material is described here.

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Abbreviations

AMNH:

American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA

EUNHM:

Ege University, Natural History Museum, Bornova, Turkey

PVI, GTK, and PI:

collections in the EUNHM

LACM:

Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, USA

NHMP:

Muséum national d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

BB, K, and UD:

Localities in Makedonia, former Yugoslavia. Fossil samples in the Prirodonaucen Muzej na Makedonija (PMM), Skopje, Makedonia

G:

Gülpinar

MC:

Metacarpal III

MT:

Metatarsal III

Q 1, 4 and 5:

Quarries on Samos, Greece. Samples in the AMNH

Adriano:

Localities on Samos probably (partly) corresponding to Ql. Samples in the Geological Museum, Lausanne (Switzerland) and Geological Institute, Budapest (Hungary)

S:

Samos without precise locality. Collections in the Geological Institute, Münster; Humboldt Museum, Berlin; Forschungsinstitut und Museum Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Mam (Germany); Geological Institute, Budapest (Hungary); Natural History Museum, London (UK)

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  1. Finnish Museum of Natural History, Zoological museum, University of Helsinki, PB 17 (P. Rautatiekatu 13), FIN-00014, Helsinki, Finland

    Ann Forsten

  2. Natural History Museum, Ege University, 35102, Izmir-Bornova, Turkey

    Tanju Kaya

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Forsten, A., Kaya, T. The hipparions (Mammalia, Equidae) from Gülpinar (Canakkale, Turkey). Paläontol. Z. 69, 491–501 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02987809

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