On a Pontian Mammalian Fauna from Muğla
Abstract: A rich collection of fossils consisting of the remains of mammals, wasfound, by Dr. G. OTKUN in 1942 in verry hard red clay beds between Akgedik ,and Bayır villages in North-Western part of the Vilayet of Muğla, inWestern Anatolia.The collection of 1942 represents only a half of the material from thislocality. One half, at least, of the fossiliferous deposits of NW Muğla are stilluntouched ,and will be excavated in the coming years.The collection submitted to my examination contains skulls, upper ,andlower jaws with teeth, some fragment of the larger limb-bones, small bonesof the feet ,and a few horns. The fossil remains are generally well-preserved,although partly broken eiher in anterior / posterior prts. They represent atleast the following three orders.