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Bes-Konak, Kızılcahamam District, Ankara Province, Turkey

Lat/Long (Decimal)40.7,32.6
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Kızılcahamam District, Ankara Province, Turkey

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Bes-KonakNel A., Paicheler J. C. (1994)Age given as 22.5 Ma (presumably based on dating of volcanics associated with volcano-sedimentary paleolake), which places it in the earliest Miocene.diatomite23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Termitidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Blattodea : Termitidae23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Dicladispa beskonakensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Dicladispa : Dicladispa beskonakensis23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Bibio anatolicus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Bibio : Bibio anatolicus23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Bibio nigricosta
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Bibio : Bibio nigricosta23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Penthetria beskonakensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Bibionidae : Penthetria : Penthetria beskonakensis23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Nephrotoma paicheleri
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Tipulidae : Nephrotoma : Nephrotoma paicheleri23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Tipula (Platytipula) anatolica
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Tipulidae : Tipula : Tipula (Platytipula) anatolica23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Tipula (Tipula) oligocenica
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Tipulidae : Tipula : Tipula (Tipula) oligocenica23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Propoissonia beskonakensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Belostomatidae : Propoissonia : Propoissonia beskonakensis23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Corixinae
subfamily
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Corixidae : Corixinae23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Naucoridae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Naucoridae23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Anisops beskonakensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Notonectidae : Anisops : Anisops beskonakensis23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Notonecta sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hemiptera : Notonectidae : Notonecta23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Oligoapis beskonakensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus : Bombus (Mendacibombus) beskonakensis23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Paraelectrobombus patriciae
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Hymenoptera : Apidae : Bombus : Bombus (Paraelectrobombus) patriciae23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Indosialis beskonakensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Megaloptera : Sialidae : Indosialis : Indosialis beskonakensis23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Lindeniinae
subfamily
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Gomphidae : Lindeniinae23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Lestidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Lestidae23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Libellulidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Libellulidae23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Palaeotramea aquisextana
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Libellulidae : Palaeotramea : Palaeotramea aquisextana23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Paleotramea acutibucula
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Libellulidae : Palaeotramea : Paleotramea acutibucula23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Paleotramea fasciata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Libellulidae : Palaeotramea : Paleotramea fasciata23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Trameini
tribe
Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Odonata : Libellulidae : Trameini23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Barbus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Cypriniformes : Cyprinidae : Barbus23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Leuciscus sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Actinopterygii : Cypriniformes : Cyprinidae : Leuciscus23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Phalacrocorax anatolicus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Suliformes : Phalacrocoracidae : Phalacrocorax : Phalacrocorax anatolicus23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Pelobates sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Anura : Pelobatidae : Pelobates23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Rana sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Anura : Ranidae : Rana23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Colubroidea
superfamily
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Colubroidea23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene
Chelydropsis sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelydridae : Chelydropsis23.03 - 20.44 Ma
Miocene

References

Paicheler J. C., de Broin F., et al (1978) Le bassin lacustre Miocene de Bes-Konak (Anatolie-Turquie): geologie et introduction a la paleontologie des vertebres, Geobios 11 1, 43-65
Nel A. (1988) Deux Dicladispa fossiles des gisements de diatomites Néogènes de Bes-Konak (Turquie) et de Murat (France) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Hispinae), Geobios 21, 369-374
Nel A. (1988) Les Sialidae (Megaloptera) fossiles des diatomites de Murat (Cantal, France) et de Bes-Konak (Anatolie, Turquie), Neuroptera International 5 1, 39-44
Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1992) Les Heteroptera aquatiques fossiles, état actuel des connaissances (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha et Gerromorpha), Entomologica Gallica 3, 159-182
Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1993) Les Heteroptera aquatiques fossiles, état actuel des connaissances (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha et Gerromorpha) (suite), Entomologica Gallica 4, 15-21
Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1993) Les Libellulidae fossiles. Un inventaire critique (Odon., Anisoptera, Libelluloidea), Entomologica Gallica 4, 166-190
Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1993) Les Isoptera fossiles. État actuel des connaissances, implications paléoécologiques et paléoclimatologiques (Insecta, Dictyoptera), Cahiers de Paléontologie 1993, 102-179
Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1994) Les Gomphidae fossiles, un inventaire critique (Odonata: Gomphidae), Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 30, 55-77
Nel A., Paicheler J. C. (1994) Les Lestoidea (Odonata, Zygoptera) fossiles: Un inventaire critique, Annales de Paléontologie 80 1, 1-59
Nel A., Petrulevicius J. (2003) New Palaeogene bees from Europe and Asia, Alcheringa 27, 277-293
Skartveit J., Nel A. (2012) Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) from the late Oligocene of Bes-Konak, Anatolia, Turkey, Zootaxa 3329, 51-63
Kania I., Nel A. (2013) New fossil Tipulidae from the volcano-sedimentary latest Oligocene of Bes-Konak (Turkey), Polish Journal of Entomology 82, 327-338
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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