FIG. 1 in Historical background

FIG. 1. — Simplified geological map of the Marmara Region (modified from Siyako 2006 and Atri et al. 2012) showing the spatial distribution of Palaeogene and Neogene deposits, and the most important Palaeogene and Neogene vertebrate localities: 1, Küçükçekmece and other late Miocene mammal localities in and near Istanbul city; 2, Eskihisar; 3, Esadiye and Safran; 4, Pasalar; 5, Gülpinar; 6, ErenkÖy and Bayraktepe; 7, Middle-late Miocene localities in the Alçitepe Formation; 8, Middle-late Miocene localities near ŞarkÖy; 9, Several Oligocene localities with small and large mammals between the towns of Kesan, Malkara and UzunkÖprü; 10, Balouk Koie (= Pylaia); 11, Edirne; 12, Dolhan; 13, Yulafli. On the cartridge upper right, the location of the vertebrate localities of Küçükçekmece East (Malik & Nafiz 1933a, b) and Küçükçekmece West (Nicolas 1978).