Cormohipparion sofularensis n. sp., a new hipparion species from the Late Miocene of Sofular (Türkiye, Early Turolian)
Kahya, Özge (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)
Başoğlu, Okşan (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)
Cirilli, Omar (Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont)
Dağ, Ömer (Kayseri Science Center)
Kaya, Ferhat (University of Oulu)
Gözlük Kirmizioglu, Pinar (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)
Pehlevan, Cesur (Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University)
Şimşek, Emrah (General Directorate Mineral Research and Exploration)
Bernor, Raymond Louis (Howard University. Department of Anatomy)

Date:	2025
Abstract:	In this contribution, we study the hipparion remains from the Early Turolian locality of Sofular, Türkiye. We identify the presence of a new species, Cormohipparion sofularensis, with three other taxa which we refer to Hippotherium brachypus, Hipparion dietrichi and Cremohipparion moldavicum. We compare these taxa with other Late Miocene hipparions from Iran, Türkiye, Greece, Moldova, Austria, Germany, France, Spain, Algeria and Libya, by morphologic and morphometric comparisons of crania, mandibles, maxillary and mandibular dentitions, third metacarpals and third metatarsals to further evaluate the morphological and systematic comparisons. Recently, the Sofular locality is dated radioisotopically to 8. 422±0. 34 Ma, correlative with early MN11 (Early Turolian) faunas in our comparisons. The Sofular hipparions record the early evolutionary radiation of hipparion lineages in the Subparatethyan Province. Our analyses further reveal that Sofular Cormohipparion sofularensis is the youngest member of the genus Cormohipparion reported from Eurasia and Africa and is found to be derived in skull morphology compared to the Late Vallesian Cormohipparion cappadocium from Yeniyaylacık, Türkiye.
Grants:	Agencia Estatal de Investigación JDC2022-048590-I Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-00620
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Cormohipparion ; Sofular ; Late Miocene ; Turolian ; Türkiye
Published in:	Rivista italiana di paleontologia e stratigrafia, Vol. 131, Num. 2 (April 2025) , p. 305-329, ISSN 2039-4942

DOI: 10.54103/2039-4942/27705

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