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Oligocene–Miocene freshwater gastropods from the Oltu-Narman Basin in eastern Turkey

Abstract

We describe the first record of a late Oligocene or early Miocene freshwater gastropod fauna from the Susuz  Formation of the Oltu-Narman Basin in northeastern Anatolia. The assemblage consists of only six species, indicating the presence of a well-oxygenated lake, pond or anabranch rich in vegetation. Only two of the taxa are related to European Oligo-Miocene species. The fauna might be the first indication of a yet undocumented Eastern Anatolian freshwater biogeographic region, characterized by high endemism and minor influence from the coeval Peri-Paratethyan and Aegean–Anatolian regions in the west. The biostratigraphic value of the assemblage is low but might rather point to a Miocene age of the upper part of the Susuz Formation. Theodoxus susuzianus, Bithynia erzurumensis, and Valvata koehleri are described as new species.

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https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:000435535300012

Bibliographic citation

Harzhauser, M.; Neubauer, T.A.; Hosgor, I. (2018). Oligocene–Miocene freshwater gastropods from the Oltu-Narman Basin in eastern Turkey. Acta Palaeontol. Pol. 63(2): 357-369. https://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00469.2018

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Fresh water

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open access

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