First record of late middle Miocene Moschidae from Turkey: Micromeryx and Hispanomeryx from Catakba?yaka (Mu?la, SW Turkey)

摘要

Here, we describe remains ofMicromeryxsp. andHispanomeryxsp. from the middle Miocene locality Catakba?yaka (MN 7/8). This is the first record for Miocene Moschidae for the late middle Miocene in Turkey and verifies the importance of Turkey as a corridor for the dispersal of Eurasian mammals. Furthermore, the record from Catakba?yaka confirms that the sympatric co-occurrence of two Miocene moschid taxa in one locality appears to be a common phenomenon.