Large Mammals from New Late Miocene Fossil Localities near Varzeghan, Northwest Iran
详细信息
- 责任者：Ataabadi ; M.M. (Department of Geosciences and Geography ; University of Helsinki ; Helsinki ; Finland) ; Zaree ; G.
- 刊名：Vertebrata Palasiatica
- 出版年：2011
- 卷期：49(3)
- 关键词：三趾马 ; Hipparion ; 恐象亚目 ; Deinotherioidea ; 伊朗 ; Iran
- 页码：p.311-321
- 图表：4 illus., 3 tables, 13 refs.
- 分类号：1103
- 出版序号：1870
- issnNo：ISSN1000-3118
- isbnNo：CN11-1905/Q
摘要
Large mammals from localities near Varzeghan in northwestern Iran are described here. The fossil material consists of hipparionine horses and deinotheres. The hipparion species are tentatively differentiated according to their size and dental morphology into a small to medium sized species like Hipparion moldavicum and a medium to large sized species such as H. prostylum or H. dietrichi. Deinotherium giganteum is also present in this area. A middle Turolian age (MN12 equivalent) is proposed for these new localities based on comparison of the fossil material to material from other Late Miocene sites.