Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni

On The Fossil Fishes from the Tortonian of Çanakkale-Bayraktepe

Abstract: The Çanakkale-Bayraktepe fosiliferous bed is important in that it contains specimens of both continentaland oceanic vertebrate fossil fauna. Although, fish jaws and teeth show a littoral property, fossils of mammalianvertebrate indicate continental conditions. Littoral and continental fauna which are contemporaneous increases theimportance of this fossil bed. The explainin the fish teeth belong to Sparus aff. auratus LÎNNE, Sparus cinctusAGASSIZ, Diplodus sp. specieses which is included by the Sparidae family.