Geology and Paleontology of the Miocene Sinap Formation, Turkey -

Geology and Paleontology of the Miocene Sinap Formation, Turkey

Buch | Hardcover
448 Seiten
2003
Columbia University Press (Verlag)
978-0-231-11358-8 (ISBN)
139,95 inkl. MwSt
Located near the city of Ankara, the Sinap Formation in central Turkey preserves a rich record of mammalian evolution from about 15 to 5 million years ago and is one of the few sites in this region that also has fossil apes. This text provides a chronostratigraphy for the formation.
The Sinap Formation in central Turkey near the city of Ankara preserves a rich record of mammalian evolution from about 15 to 5 million years ago and is one of the few sites in this region that also has fossil apes. It is unique among other fossil localities from Europe to Western Asia in that it has a thick stratigraphic section and preserves a long record of geological time. The authors have been able to piece together a detailed record of faunal change and, by adding paleomagnetic and radiometric dating techniques, have produced a chronostratigraphy for the Formation. Because of the dual importance of the rich record of the fossils, and the dating of the sediments, the editors have been able to attract some of the leading authorities on Eurasian Neogene paleontology and geology to contribute to this reference work. The results from the Sinap Formation will be the template against which other sites from Europe to Asia are compared.

Mikael Fortelius is a geology professor at the University of Helsinki. John Kappelman is professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin. Sevket Sen is professor of paleontology and director of the Paleontology Institute at the Natural History Museum of Paris. Raymond L. Bernor is professor of anatomy at Howard University College of Medicine.

History of Paleontological Research into the Neogene Deposits of the Sinap Formation, by S. Sen Geology of the Sinap Formation, by J.P. Lunkka, J. Kappelman, D. Ekart, J. Crabaugh and P. Gibbard Chronology of the Sinap Formation, by J. Kappelman, A. Duncan, M. Feseha, J-P. Lunkka, D. Ekart, F. McDowell, T. Ryan Genus Schizogalerix (Insectivora, Mammalia), by L. Selan Fossil Apes, by J. Kappelman, B. Richmond, E. R. Seiffert, M. Maga and T. Ryan Muridae and Gerbillidae (Mammalia, Rodentia), by S. Sen Spalacidae (Mammalia, Rodentia), by N. Sarica and S. Sen Late Miocene and Pliocene Lagomorpha (Mammalia), by S. Sen Carnivora, by S. Viranta and L. Werdelin Fossil Aardvarks, by M. Fortelius, S. Nummela and S. Sen Proboscideans, by W.J. Sanders Systematics and Evolution of the Late Miocene Hipparions, by R.L. Bernor, R.S. Scott, M. Fortelius, J. Kappelman and S. Sen Rhinocerotidae, by M. Fortelius, K. Heissig, G. Sarac and S. Sen Fossil Suoidea, by J. van der Made A Camel from the latest Miocene of Cobanpinar, by J. van der Made, J. Morales, S. Sen and F. Aslan Ruminant Fossils, by A.W. Gentry Relative Abundance of the Late Miocene Hipparions, by R.S. Scott, M. Fortelius, K. Huttunen and M. Armour-Chelu

Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.9.2003
Zusatzinfo 143 line, 83 h/t, 53 tables
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geologie
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10 0-231-11358-7 / 0231113587
ISBN-13 978-0-231-11358-8 / 9780231113588
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