作者：Majid MIRZAIE ATAABADI, Gholamreza ZAREE, Zahra ORAK
摘要：首次报道了伊朗西北部Varzeghan附近发现的大型哺乳动物化石，材料包括三趾马和恐象。根据个体大小和形态特征，将三趾马标本暂时分为一个小至中型类似Hipparion moldavicum的种和一个中至大型类似H. prostylum或H. dietrichi的种。Deinotherium giganteum也出现于这一地区。依据与其他晚中新世地点哺乳动物化石的对比，这些新化石地点的时代推测为吐洛里期(Turolian)中期或相当于欧洲哺乳动物带的MN12。
关键词：伊朗，马拉盖，Varzeghan; 中新世Turolian期；哺乳动物
卷期：49卷 03期
LARGE MAMMALS FROM NEW LATE MIOCENE FOSSIL LOCALITIES NEAR VARZEGHAN, NORTHWEST IRAN
Majid MIRZAIE ATAABADI, Gholamreza ZAREE, Zahra ORAK
Abstract Large mammals from localities near Varzeghan in northwestern Iran are described here for the first time. The fossil material consists of hipparionine horses and deinotheres. The hipparion species are tentatively differentiated according to their size and dental morphology into a small to medium sized species like Hipparion moldavicum and a medium to large sized species such as H. prostylum or H. dietrichi. Deinotherium giganteum is also present in this area. A middle Turolian age (MN12 equivalent) is proposed for these new localities based on comparison of the fossil material to material from other Late Miocene sites.
Key words Varzeghan, Maragheh, Iran; Turolian, Miocene; mammals
