The new fossil micromammal assemblage of Çapak represents a mixture of both Anatolian and European faunal elements. The locality is very important for understanding faunal evolution in the less well-known time interval at the end of the early Miocene of western Anatolia. In Çapak, nine species of rodents and one species of ochotonid were encountered: the hamsters Democricetodon gracilis, Megacricetodon primitivus, Eumyarion aff. E. montanus, Cricetodon cf. C. aliveriensis, Cricetodon sp., and Karydomys cf. K. strati, the mole-rat Debruijnia sp., the squirrel Aliveria luteyni, the dormouse Myomimus tanjuae n. sp., and the pika Albertona balkanica. The assemblage is referable to Anatolian local zone E or MN unit 4. The relative abundance of the various genera is markedly different from that of the older early Miocene assemblages, suggesting that the environment in Anatolia became drier and had a more open landscape.UUID: http://zoobank.org/75f3276c-dcd8-4090-b2f6-d8fc8d3c3f7c

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恰帕克（安纳托利亚西部）早中新世晚期的微型哺乳动物预示着时代的变化

Çapak 新的微型哺乳动物化石组合代表了安纳托利亚和欧洲动物群元素的混合物。该地点对于了解安纳托利亚西部早中新世末期鲜为人知的时间间隔内的动物群演化非常重要。在Çapak，遇到了 9 种啮齿动物和 1 种 ochtonid：仓鼠小扁豆,原始大蠊,Eumyarion亲。乙.蒙大拿,蟋蟀参看。C.活菌,蟋蟀sp.，和核菌属参看。ķ.地层, 鼹鼠德布赖尼亚sp.，松鼠黄花梨, 睡鼠拟南芥n. sp.和鼠兔阿尔伯塔纳巴尔干尼卡. 该组合可参考安纳托利亚当地 E 区或 MN 单元 4。各种属的相对丰度与较早的中新世早期组合明显不同，这表明安纳托利亚的环境变得更加干燥，景观更加开放。UUID：http://zoobank.org/75f3276c-dcd8-4090-b2f6-d8fc8d3c3f7c