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Odontological Variations of the Hipparion Vertebrate Fauna in Kemiklitepe (Uşak-Eşme)

Abstract: In this research, the odontology of hipparion found in Kemiklitepe vertebrate fauna bas been studiedand as a result of odontologic and biometric observations Hipparion matthewi Abel and Hipparion sp. are identified.From the faunal evidence and hipparion teeth it can be concluded that some dispersed savannah and lacustrinefluvial environments along with forests existed in the region- The corresponding time interval of the biozone isthought to be late Vallesian-early Turolian.