Büyükteflek, a fossil site in Turkey (IMAGE)

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Büyükteflek, a fossil site in Turkey

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Alexis Licht et al. discovered a new fossil deposit in Turkey (Büyükteflek) dating from 38 to 35 million years ago, which yielded mammals whose affinity was clearly Asian, and are the earliest discovered in Anatolia until now. They found jaw fragments belonging to Brontotheres, animals resembling large rhinoceroses that died out at the end of the Eocene.

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© Alexis Licht & Grégoire Métais

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