Late Miocene Stratigraphy of Karaburun Peninsula, New Mammal Records and Regional Correlation, Western Anatolia

The Esendere Group, identified in the Mordogan sub-basin on the western edge of the Foca Depression, consists of the alluvial Saip, palustrine Boyabag and lacustrine Cukurcak limestone formations. The Esendere Group unconformably overlies the lacustrine deposits of the middle Miocene Hisarcik Formation. The Saip Formation consisting of alluvial fan deposits, reflects the beginning of late Miocene sedimentation. The Boyabag Formation, which was described in this study for the first time, represents a palustrine mud flat succession and is located between the Saip Formation and the lacustrine Cukurcak Limestone. The Cukurcak Limestone is the last unit in the Esendere Group. Hipparion aff. giganteum and Hippopotamodon major, that were found in the mudstone dominant succession of the Boyabag Formation, are the first records from the MN10 biozone in the Western Aegean region. Based on these large mammal records, we assume that late Miocene sedimentation in the Foca Depression began similar to 10 million years ago