Bilgin, MelikeJoniak, PeterMayda, SerdarGoktas, FikretPelaez-Campomanes, PabloOstende, Lars W. van den Hoek2023-01-122023-01-1220210022-33601937-23370022-33601937-2337https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2021.27https://hdl.handle.net/11454/76930The new fossil micromammal assemblage of capak represents a mixture of both Anatolian and European faunal elements. The locality is very important for understanding faunal evolution in the less well-known time interval at the end of the early Miocene of western Anatolia. In capak, nine species of rodents and one species of ochotonid were encountered: the hamsters Democricetodon gracilis, Megacricetodon primitivus, Eumyarion aff. E. montanus, Cricetodon cf. C. aliveriensis, Cricetodon sp., and Karydomys cf. K. strati, the mole-rat Debruijnia sp., the squirrel Aliveria luteyni, the dormouse Myomimus tanjuae n. sp., and the pika Albertona balkanica. The assemblage is referable to Anatolian local zone E or MN unit 4. The relative abundance of the various genera is markedly different from that of the older early Miocene assemblages, suggesting that the environment in Anatolia became drier and had a more open landscape. UUID: http://zoobank.org/75f3276c-dcd8-4090-b2f6-d8fc8d3c3f7cen10.1017/jpa.2021.27info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEastern Mediterranean AreaMiddle MioceneInsectivore FaunasRodent FaunasAliveri IslandMammalsLocalityGreeceBasinEviaMicromammals from the late early Miocene of capak (western Anatolia) herald a time of changeArticle95510791096WOS:0006839101000152-s2.0-85112355211Q2Q3