Locality
28°25´ east longitude, 40°3´ north latitiude [ map ]
Name
Pa?alar, Mustafakemalpa?a, Bursa, Turkey, Asien
Geological relevance of location
The bone fragments originate from lake and/or river sediments. The environment in which they were deposited is similar to present-day savanna. The fragments include teeth and highly fragmented and sometimes abraded bones.
Classification of the earth
Structure
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coarse fragments of bones
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Colour
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whitish, reddish brown
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Age
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Middle Miocene (early Serravallian, about 15 million years old
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Donor
Dr. Jens Dieter Becker-Platen,
Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources/Geological Survey of Lower Saxony,
Hannover,
Germany