First record of late middle Miocene Moschidae from Turkey: Micromeryx and Hispanomeryx from Catakbağyaka (Muğla, SW Turkey) [Premier enregistrement de Moschidae de la fin du Miocène moyen de Turquie : Micromeryx et Hispanomeryx de Catakbağyaka (Mugla, Sud-Ouest de la Turquie)]

2-s2.0-85040564486Here, we describe remains of Micromeryx sp. and Hispanomeryx sp. from the middle Miocene locality Catakbağyaka (MN 7/8). This is the first record for Miocene Moschidae for the late middle Miocene in Turkey and verifies the importance of Turkey as a corridor for the dispersal of Eurasian mammals. Furthermore, the record from Catakbağyaka confirms that the sympatric co-occurrence of two Miocene moschid taxa in one locality appears to be a common phenomenon. © 2017 Académie des sciencesRussian Foundation for Basic Research, RFBR: 111Y192For access to the material and comparative collections we want to thank Reinhard Ziegler (SMNS), Christine Argot (Muséum national d’histoire naturelle), and Susana Fraile Gracia, Israel M. Sánchez, and Jorge Morales (all Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales). For helping with the pictures of the dentition we want to thank Milan Pallmann (SMNS). For fruitful discussions, we want to thank Philipe Havlik (Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung). This research received support from the SYNTHESYS Project http://www.synthesys.info/ (FR-TAF-6335 and ES-TAF-6266), which is financed by European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 “Capacities” Program. SM is grateful to the support of the international bilateral project between TUBITAK and RFBR with grant number of 111Y192 during his visit to the SMNS. For their help in the improvement of this publication, we want to thank the reviewers, Shiqi Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing), Loïc Costeur (Natural History Museum Basel, Basel) and an anonymous reviewer