The late Miocene mammalian record in Samos Island, Greece, is extremely important for the Eurasia... more The late Miocene mammalian record in Samos Island, Greece, is extremely important for the Eurasian Neogene mammalian history and chronology. However, due to the mixed nature of old fossil collections and controversies on the stratigraphic position of fossil quarries, great confusion has arisen concerning the recognition of distinct faunal assemblages, their age(s) and biostratigraphic significance. This paper presents the magnetostratigraphy of the late Miocene continental deposits of the fossiliferous Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece. Old and new sites are stratigraphically controlled with accuracy and correlated with each other. The magnetostratigraphy of seven individual sections, covering the entire Mytilinii Formation, provides good correlation with the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS). These results, as well as the relocation and precise litho- and magnetostratigraphic correlation of the old and new mammal localities, combined with new and reviewed paleontological data and thorough studying of the numerous radiometric dates, allowed us to define five biostratigraphic horizons. Their correlation with, and implications to the European Neogene mammal chronology ages and zones make up the following discussion and provides a modified determination of the middle Turolian (MN 12) boundaries.
The late Miocene mammalian record in Samos Island, Greece, is extremely important for the Eurasia... more The late Miocene mammalian record in Samos Island, Greece, is extremely important for the Eurasian Neogene mammalian history and chronology. However, due to the mixed nature of old fossil collections and controversies on the stratigraphic position of fossil quarries, great confusion has arisen concerning the recognition of distinct faunal assemblages, their age(s) and biostratigraphic significance. This paper presents the magnetostratigraphy of the late Miocene continental deposits of the fossiliferous Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece. Old and new sites are stratigraphically controlled with accuracy and correlated with each other. The magnetostratigraphy of seven individual sections, covering the entire Mytilinii Formation, provides good correlation with the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS). These results, as well as the relocation and precise litho- and magnetostratigraphic correlation of the old and new mammal localities, combined with new and reviewed paleontological data and thorough studying of the numerous radiometric dates, allowed us to define five biostratigraphic horizons. Their correlation with, and implications to the European Neogene mammal chronology ages and zones make up the following discussion and provides a modified determination of the middle Turolian (MN 12) boundaries.
Fossil vertebrates discovered in 1986 from Cameroon, West Africa, occur in three different areas ... more Fossil vertebrates discovered in 1986 from Cameroon, West Africa, occur in three different areas in the northern part of the country. Cretaceous rocks northeast of Garoua, in the Babouri-Figuil Basin, yield complete Lepidotes skeletons. Southeast of Garoua, Cretaceous rocks of the Mayo Rey Basin, near Koum, are more clearly terrestrial and contain diverse vertebrates. The Hama Koussou Basin, just north of Garoua, produces fragmentary Lepidotes and dinosaurs. Weathered from a veneer of Pleistocene sediment overlying the latter deposit, the well fossilized remains of Equus, Phacochoerus, and a bovid were recovered.
... Basin?* Samil Sen 1 and Selin Yillar 1 ... Sener Usumezsoy and Esref Yalcinkaya (Istanbul Uni... more ... Basin?* Samil Sen 1 and Selin Yillar 1 ... Sener Usumezsoy and Esref Yalcinkaya (Istanbul University), Salih Saner (Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Saudi Arabia), Gilbert Kelling (Keele University), Aynur Buyukutku (Ankara University), Mete Gurel, Zihni Aksoy, Hasan Emiroglu ...
The late Miocene mammalian record in Samos Island, Greece, is extremely important for the Eurasia... more The late Miocene mammalian record in Samos Island, Greece, is extremely important for the Eurasian Neogene mammalian history and chronology. However, due to the mixed nature of old fossil collections and controversies on the stratigraphic position of fossil quarries, great confusion has arisen concerning the recognition of distinct faunal assemblages, their age(s) and biostratigraphic significance. This paper presents the magnetostratigraphy of the late Miocene continental deposits of the fossiliferous Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece. Old and new sites are stratigraphically controlled with accuracy and correlated with each other. The magnetostratigraphy of seven individual sections, covering the entire Mytilinii Formation, provides good correlation with the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS). These results, as well as the relocation and precise litho- and magnetostratigraphic correlation of the old and new mammal localities, combined with new and reviewed paleontological data and thorough studying of the numerous radiometric dates, allowed us to define five biostratigraphic horizons. Their correlation with, and implications to the European Neogene mammal chronology ages and zones make up the following discussion and provides a modified determination of the middle Turolian (MN 12) boundaries.
The late Miocene mammalian record in Samos Island, Greece, is extremely important for the Eurasia... more The late Miocene mammalian record in Samos Island, Greece, is extremely important for the Eurasian Neogene mammalian history and chronology. However, due to the mixed nature of old fossil collections and controversies on the stratigraphic position of fossil quarries, great confusion has arisen concerning the recognition of distinct faunal assemblages, their age(s) and biostratigraphic significance. This paper presents the magnetostratigraphy of the late Miocene continental deposits of the fossiliferous Mytilinii Basin, Samos Island, Greece. Old and new sites are stratigraphically controlled with accuracy and correlated with each other. The magnetostratigraphy of seven individual sections, covering the entire Mytilinii Formation, provides good correlation with the Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS). These results, as well as the relocation and precise litho- and magnetostratigraphic correlation of the old and new mammal localities, combined with new and reviewed paleontological data and thorough studying of the numerous radiometric dates, allowed us to define five biostratigraphic horizons. Their correlation with, and implications to the European Neogene mammal chronology ages and zones make up the following discussion and provides a modified determination of the middle Turolian (MN 12) boundaries.
Fossil vertebrates discovered in 1986 from Cameroon, West Africa, occur in three different areas ... more Fossil vertebrates discovered in 1986 from Cameroon, West Africa, occur in three different areas in the northern part of the country. Cretaceous rocks northeast of Garoua, in the Babouri-Figuil Basin, yield complete Lepidotes skeletons. Southeast of Garoua, Cretaceous rocks of the Mayo Rey Basin, near Koum, are more clearly terrestrial and contain diverse vertebrates. The Hama Koussou Basin, just north of Garoua, produces fragmentary Lepidotes and dinosaurs. Weathered from a veneer of Pleistocene sediment overlying the latter deposit, the well fossilized remains of Equus, Phacochoerus, and a bovid were recovered.
... Basin?* Samil Sen 1 and Selin Yillar 1 ... Sener Usumezsoy and Esref Yalcinkaya (Istanbul Uni... more ... Basin?* Samil Sen 1 and Selin Yillar 1 ... Sener Usumezsoy and Esref Yalcinkaya (Istanbul University), Salih Saner (Schlumberger Oilfield Services, Saudi Arabia), Gilbert Kelling (Keele University), Aynur Buyukutku (Ankara University), Mete Gurel, Zihni Aksoy, Hasan Emiroglu ...
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