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EARLY PLIOCENE (RUSCINIAN) RODENTS (MAMMALIA) FROM THE LIGNITES ELBISTAN (TURKEY)
(SGEM Scientific GeoConference, 2009, F. S. Alpaslan)
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Rodent fossils found in lignit establishments in Elbistan town in Maraş city are described. Six species are identified: There are three Muridae: Apodemus dominans, Apodemus cf. atavus and Occitanomys sp. and one Arvicolidae: Promimomys cor, one Cricetidae: Cricetus lophidens, and one Gliridae: Myomimus sp. The Early Pliocene rodents samples of Elbistan are of Eastern Mediterranean character.
Geology2009