The antiquity of Asian chameleons-first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia

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dc.authoridMayda, Serdar/0000-0001-5432-3559
dc.authoridGeorgalis, Georgios/0000-0001-7759-6146
dc.authoridŞarbak, Ayşegül/0000-0003-3199-1612
dc.authorscopusid55801450600
dc.authorscopusid56447125400
dc.authorscopusid56698273100
dc.authorscopusid6507172067
dc.authorscopusid57199693191
dc.authorscopusid8951151800
dc.authorwosidMayda, Serdar/A-2395-2016
dc.authorwosidGeorgalis, Georgios/ACU-5579-2022
dc.authorwosidŞarbak, Ayşegül/ABC-5327-2020
dc.contributor.authorGeorgalis, Georgios L.
dc.contributor.authorCernansky, Andrej
dc.contributor.authorGoktas, Fikret
dc.contributor.authorAlpagut, Berna
dc.contributor.authorSarbak, Aysegul
dc.contributor.authorMayda, Serdar
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-25T18:33:00Z
dc.date.available2024-08-25T18:33:00Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentEge Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractWe here describe fossil remains from three Lower and Middle Miocene localities of Anatolia, which we tentatively refer to chamaeleonids. The material comprises isolated tooth-bearing bones from the Early Miocene (MN 3) of Sabuncubeli (western Anatolia), the Early Miocene (MN 4) of Dededag (western Anatolia), and the Middle Miocene (MN 5) of the world-renowned hominoid locality of Pasalar (northwestern Anatolia). If our identifications are correct, these specimens would represent the only fossil record of this group from Anatolia as well as the oldest occurrences of chameleons from Asia. Moreover, the recovery of these specimens across different Lower and Middle Miocene localities, suggest that these animals were a typical element of the Anatolian herpetofaunas of the early Neogene. Differences among the specimens from the three localities point to a higher taxonomic diversity of Miocene Anatolian chamaeleonids, however, based on such limited material, intraspecific or ontogenetic variation cannot be ruled out. The oldest among these occurrences, the Sabuncubeli material, coincides chronologically with the oldest chameleons, which had been previously described from Central Europe (MN 3). As such, this supports the recently suggested biogeographic scenario, according to which chamaeleonids dispersed from Afro-Arabia to Europe during the Burdigalian, via the Gomphotherium Landbridge, through Anatolia and the Balkans. Finally, a few additional lizard and snake remains from the locality of Dededag are described, adding to the poorly known fossil herpetofaunas of Anatolia.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipUlam Program of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange [PPN/ULM/2020/1/00022/U/00001]; Forschungskredit of the University of Zurich [FK-20-110]; Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences [1/0191/21]; Ege University Research [TTM/001/2016, TTM/002/2016]en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGLG acknowledges funding from the Ulam Program of the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (PPN/ULM/2020/1/00022/U/00001) and the Forschungskredit of the University of Zurich, grant no. [FK-20-110]. AC acknowledges funding from the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic and Slovak Academy of Sciences, Grant Nr. 1/0191/21. SM was supported by Ege University Research Projects, TTM/001/2016 and TTM/002/2016. The Pasalar excavations were carried out on behalf of the T.C. Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate of Antiquities, and the University of Ankara, Faculty of Language, History, and Geography. Excavations were funded by the Directorate of Antiquities. GLG, AS, and SM particularly thank B. Alpagut for inviting us to work with her on the Pasalar chameleon material. For access to further comparative skeletal material of extant taxa, we would like to thank M. Delfino (MDHC), B. Borczyk (MNHW), and J. Moravec (NMP). The map of Fig. 1 was adapted from Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Europe_blank_laea_location_map.svg; License CC-BY-SA-3.0). The quality of the paper was enhanced by the useful comments and suggestions provided by the Editor E. Maxwell and two anonymous reviewers.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02724634.2022.2160644
dc.identifier.issn0272-4634
dc.identifier.issn1937-2809
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85147306194en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2022.2160644
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11454/100408
dc.identifier.volume42en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000920959800001en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ3en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis Incen_US
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Vertebrate Paleontologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.snmz20240825_Gen_US
dc.subjectReptiles Lizardsen_US
dc.subjectQesem Caveen_US
dc.subjectSnakesen_US
dc.subjectPhylogenyen_US
dc.subjectRevisionen_US
dc.subjectAmphisbaeniansen_US
dc.subjectOligoceneen_US
dc.subjectOsteologyen_US
dc.subjectPasalaren_US
dc.subjectHistoryen_US
dc.titleThe antiquity of Asian chameleons-first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatoliaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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