Bohlinia Matthew, 1929
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Genus Bohlinia Matthew, 1929
TYPE SPECIES. — Bohlinia attica (Gaudry & Lartet, 1856) , by subsequent designation ( Bohlin 1926: 123; Matthew 1929: 546).
Bohlinia cf. attica (Gaudry & Lartet, 1856) ( Fig. 5H View FIG )
MATERIAL AND MEASUREMENTS. — Küçükçekmece West: part of ossicone, MNHN.F.TRQ417; calcaneum,TRQ514 (L = 192.0 mm; APD at the coracoids process = 73.5 mm); posterior? first phalanx, TRQ559 (L = 104.5 mm; TDP = 41.1 mm; APDP = 44.3 mm; TDD = 36.7 mm); second phalanx, TRQ584 (TDP = c. 39.6 mm; TDD = 38.6 mm), TRQ587 (L = 58.0 mm; TDP = 37.4 mm; TDD = 34.6 mm), TRQ589 (L = 59.6 mm; TDP = 36.0 mm; TDD = 32.8 mm); third phalanx, TRQ596 (L = 93.0 mm; H = 52.0 mm).
Küçükçekmece East: astragalus, ITU no No. (Lmedial = 84 mm; TDD = 64.4 mm); distal metatarsal ITU no No. (TDD = 79.5 mm; APDD = 49.5 mm).
DESCRIPTION AND REMARKS
Malik & Nafiz (1933: 54) referred to as “ Orasius speciosus ” an isolated molar from the Küçükçekmece East site but this tooth was never illustrated. Nicolas (1978) also reported Bohlinia in the Küçükçekmece West sample without, however, more details. A fragment of a robust ossicone (preserved length at about 140 mm) with sub-squarish to cylindrical crosssection ( Fig. 5H View FIG ) and a few elongated and slender postcranials might indeed belong to Bohlinia attica . The ossicone MNHN.F.TRQ417is extremely dense with a restricted central porous zone ( Fig. 5H View FIG ), reminiscing that of modern giraffe, whereas its surface is decorated by moderately wide and deep longitudinal grooves and sparsely distributed small and low knobs. In comparison with Palaeogiraffa from the same site, the calcaneum MNHN.F.TRQ514 is slightly longer but with much narrower and relatively more elongated body. Similarly, the first phalanx MNHN.F.TRQ559 is barely longer but slenderer and the astragalus (ITU no No.) wider.
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