Hipparionini, Quinn, 1955

Denis Geraards, 2017, Late Miocene large mammals from Mahmutgazi, Denizli province, Western Turkey, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen 284 (3), pp. 241-257 : 249

Hipparionini gen. et sp. indet.

A larger form seems to be slightly more common but, except for its larger size and more robust metapodials , it does not display any significant difference, except that enamel plication is perhaps stronger ( Fig. 5 A-C). The premolars are relatively slightly shorter than in the C. cf. matthewi . The size of the metapodials would fit several late Miocene Aegean species, and I prefer not to suggest any identification.

Figures

Fig. 5. Perissodactyla from Mahmutgazi. A-C – Hipparionini gen. et sp. indet. (A: upper P2–M3 Ma2-Gips24; B: upper P2-M3 Ma2-Gips3; C: lower p2-m3 ‘M’ [reversed from the right side]). D-G – Cremohipparion cf. matthewi (D: upper P2- M3 Ma1-Gips 17 [reversed from the left side]; E: lower p3-m3 ‘K’; F: lower p2-m2 ‘H’; G: lower p3-m3 ‘J’ [reversed from the right side]). H – Ancylotherium pentelicum, front view of proximal metacarpals Ma2-Gips21. Scale bar = 5 cm for Figs. A-G, 10 cm for Fig. H.