Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni

The Bovidae Fauna of Middle Sinap of Turkey

Abstract: The Bovidae fauna of the Middle Sinap are very interesting because, the representatives of this fauna are helpful in establishing further the association of species genera between Europe-Asia. For this reason, the Bovidae fauna of the Middle Sinap are very important in correlating the faunal scale between east-west (Asia-Europe) are established by Palaeoreas, Pseudotragus, Tragoreas, Helicotragus. In addition to these, there is the association of species betweenEurope-Asia estabilhed by Piotoryx carolinae Major, Protoryx longiceps Pilgrim, Hopwood, Gazella deperdita Gervais, Gazella gaudryi Schlosser. On the other hand, these representatives generally migrated from th middle Anatolia (MiddleSinap) to Aegean district Asia.