Orhaniyeia

Orhaniyeia is an extinct genus of anatoliadelphyid that inhabited Turkey during the Eocene epoch. It contains the species Orhaniyeia nauta.

Orhaniyeia Temporal range: Middle Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Family:	†Anatoliadelphyidae
Genus:	†Orhaniyeia Métais et. al., 2018
Species:	†O. nauta
Binomial name
†Orhaniyeia nauta Métais et. al., 2018

Distribution

Orhaniyeia nauta is known from the Pontide terrane of what was then the continent of Balkanatolia, living during the Lutetian about 43 Ma.^[1]

Palaeoecology

Based on its dentition, O. nauta was durophagous and probably fed on gastropods.^[2]

References

1. Métais, Grégoire; Coster, Pauline M.; Kappelman, John R.; Licht, Alexis; Ocakoğlu, Faruk; Taylor, Michael H.; Beard, K. Christopher (14 November 2018). Ni, Xijun (ed.). "Eocene metatherians from Anatolia illuminate the assembly of an island fauna during Deep Time". PLoS One. 13 (11): e0206181. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0206181. hdl:1808/29962. ISSN 1932-6203. PMID 30427946. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
2. Beard, K. Christopher; Coster, Pauline M. C.; Ocakoğlu, Faruk; Licht, Alexis; Métais, Grégoire (4 September 2023). "Dental anatomy, phylogenetic relationships and paleoecology of Orhaniyeia nauta (Metatheria, Anatoliadelphyidae), a Gondwanan component of the insular Eocene mammal fauna of Balkanatolia (north-central Turkey)". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 30 (4): 859–872. doi:10.1007/s10914-023-09680-6. ISSN 1064-7554. Retrieved 9 December 2024 – via Springer Nature Link.