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Güvem Formation

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The Güvem Formation is a geologic formation in Turkey. It contains plant fossils dating back to the Early Miocene, and is especially notable for preserving evidence of insect damage to plants.[1] The formation is roughly 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) thick and is made up of pyroclasts, rhyolite, andesite and various dacites.[2] Pollen grains from this formation have been researched and indicate the presence of mixed-mesophytic forest in the range 17.9 to 17.8 million years ago.[3]

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  1. ^ Adroit, Benjamin; Teodoridis, Vasilis; Güner, Tuncay H.; Denk, Thomas (April 2021). "Patterns of insect damage types reflect complex environmental signal in Miocene forest biomes of Central Europe and the Mediterranean". Global and Planetary Change. 199: 103451. doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103451. Retrieved 5 November 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.
  2. ^ Denk, Thomas; Güner, Tuncay H.; Kvaček, Zlatko; Bouchal, Johannes M. (2017-12-01). "The early Miocene flora of Güvem (Central Anatolia, Turkey): a window into early Neogene vegetation and environments in the Eastern Mediterranean". Acta Palaeobotanica. 57 (2): 237–338. doi:10.1515/acpa-2017-0011. ISSN 2082-0259.
  3. ^ Yavuz-Işık, Nurdan (May 2008). "Vegetational and climatic investigations in the Early Miocene lacustrine deposits of the Güvem Basin (Galatean Volcanic Province), NW Central Anatolia, Turkey". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 150 (1–4): 130–139. doi:10.1016/j.revpalbo.2008.02.001.