Raquel López-Antoñanzas

Sevket Sen

Gerçek Saraç

A NEW LARGE CTENODACTYLID SPECIES FROM THE LOWER MIOCENE OF TURKEY

A new species of Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Mammalia), Sayimys giganteus sp. nov., is described from the Early Miocene localities of Keseköy 1, Keseköy 2, and Hisarcik (Turkey).

Sayimys giganteus sp. nov. differs from other known species of Sayimys by its larger size and several plesiomorphies (e.g., metalophulid II on dp4, strong anterolophid and posterolophid on P4, and a long paraflexus and metaflexus on upper molars), but also in the presence of some derived characters. Two species of Sayimys are currently recognized in Turkey: Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius (at Pa??alar, Middle Miocene) and Sayimys giganteus sp. nov.

Based on a cladistic analysis involving all known species of Sayimys, Metasayimys, and Prosayimys, Sayimys giganteus sp. nov. emerges as the sister-taxon of Sayimys obliquidens.

INTRODUCTION

During the last two decades, great effort was directed towards collecting and studying small mammal remains from the Tertiary deposits of Turkey. Our knowledge is improving, although several Cenozoic time intervals have not yet been surveyed, and many groups are poorly documented. The occurrence of ctenodactylid rodents in Turkey has been known for almost thirty years since [START_REF] Sickenberg | Die Gliederung des höheren Jungtertiärs und Altquartärs in der Türkei nach Vertebraten und ihre Bedeutung für die internationale Neogen-Stratigraphie[END_REF] mentioned the presence of this family at Paşalar, a Middle Miocene locality in northwestern Turkey. Later, the presence of ctenodactylid remains at several other Early to Middle Miocene Turkish localities (Fig. 1) was reported [START_REF] Flynn | Preliminary analysis of Miocene small mammals from Paşalar, Turkey[END_REF][START_REF] Sümengen | New Neogene rodent assemblages from Anatolia (Turkey)[END_REF][START_REF] Bruijn | Superfamily Ctenodactyloidea[END_REF][START_REF] Ünay | Small mammals and foraminifera from the Anatolian (Central Taurus) Early Miocene[END_REF][START_REF] Peláez-Campomanes | Middle Miocene rodents from Paşalar, Anatolia, Turkey[END_REF], but still no detailed study is available.

In this paper we describe new ctenodactylid material as a new species and assess the phylogenetic relationships of this taxon. It was collected from the Hisarcik (Hançili Formation) and Keseköy 1 and Keseköy 2 (Güvem Formation) sites. The former is situated about 3 km southeast of the village of Hisarcik and 50 km south southwest of the town of Çankiri. Its age is possibly latest Early Miocene (MN4). This locality yielded a rich micromammal fauna, which will be described elsewhere. In addition to Ctenodactylidae, preliminary results indicate the presence of Eumyarion sp., Cricetodon sp., Democricetodon sp., Megacricetodon sp., Debruijnia sp., Palaeosciurus sp., Spermophilinus sp., Microdryomys sp., Albertona sp., and Insectivora indet. The other Anatolian locality, Keseköy, is situated about 150 km north northwest of Ankara. It has produced an abundant and diverse fauna, including rodents and insectivores (Theocharopoulos, 2000:86-87). Both Keseköy 1 and Keseköy 2 are considered to be Early Miocene (MN3) in age.

The occurrence of ctenodactylids in Turkish Miocene deposits improves our knowledge of their spatial distribution at this time. It contributes especially to a better understanding of the paleobiogeographic relationships between southern and western Asia and the Arabian Peninsula and northern Africa. Genus SAYIMYS Wood, 1937 SAYIMYS GIGANTEUS sp. nov.

Acronyms

Etymology-Indicative of its great size in comparison with the other species of the genus Sayimys.

Holotype-KSK1-100 (Fig. 5C,D), a fragmentary left maxilla with P4-M1 housed in Mineral Resources and Exploration, General Directorate, Natural History Museum, Ankara, Turkey.

Paratype-KSK1-101 (Fig. 6E,F) and KSK1-102 (Fig. 6I,J), left M2 or M3.

Type Locality-Keseköy 1 (Kizilcahamam, Ankara).

Age-Early Miocene (MN3).

Other Localities-Keseköy 2 (Kizilcahamam, Ankara) and Hisarcik (Çankiri).

Referred Material from Keseköy 2-KSK2-104 (Fig. 4B,C), left dp4; KSK2-103 (Fig. 4F), left m3; KSK2-102 (Fig. 4I, J), right DP4; KSK2-101 (Fig. 5A,B), left maxilla fragment with P4-M1; KSK2-100 (Fig. 6G,H) left maxilla fragment with M2-M3.

Referred Material from Hisarcik-HJ-107 (Fig. 4A), right dp4; HJ-108 (Fig. 4D,E) right m3; HJ-105 (Fig. 4G), right DP4; HJ-106 (Fig. 4H), left DP4; HJ-100 (Fig. 5E, F), left M1;HJ-101 (Fig. 5G), HJ-102 (Fig. 5H,I), both right M1s; HJ-103 (Fig. 6A,B), HJ-104 (Fig. 6 C,D) right M2 or M3.

Diagnosis-Sayimys species of large size (Table 1, Figs. 2,3) with the m3 lacking a constriction in the posterolophid; dp4 with a metalophulid II connecting with the metaconid or nearly reaching it; DP4 withobliterated metaflexus, but with a well developed paraflexus; P4 with a long posteroloph connecting to the paracone and with the anteroloph joining the protocone; upper molars with a paraflexus longer than the metaflexus. The occlusal outline of the dp4 is elongate and narrow (Fig. 4A,B). The anteroconid is large and isolated. Both specimens have a metalophulid II. In HJ-107 it extends to the metaconid, and through occlusal wear helps form an enamel lake. The other specimen (KSK2-104) is much less worn, and its metalophulid II reaches nearly the base of the metaconid. The mesoflexid is shorter than the metaflexid. The hypolophid is slightly oblique and is situated opposite the hypoflexid. The hypoflexid extends transversely more than the mesoflexid and it is deeper. The postero-labial cingulum is weak on HJ-107 but is strong on KSK2-104.

Differential

m3 (KSK2-103 and HJ-108)

Unfortunately, only two badly preserved lower molars are available (KSK2-103 is digested and HJ-108 is broken). The occlusal surface is trapezoidal in outline. The mesoflexid is only visible in the specimen KSK2-103: it is shorter and deeper than the metaflexid. The mesoflexid is less deep than the hypoflexid. The hypolophid is roughly transverse and does not oppose exactly the hypoflexid. The protoconid extends more labially than the hypoconid.

A constriction separates the anterior arm of the hypoconid and the posterior arm of the protoconid. The posterolophid does not constrict before reaching the triangular wear surface of the hypoconid. The cingulum on the postero-labial side is visible only on HJ-108, where it is well developed.

DP4(KSK2-102, HJ-105, and HJ-106)

All specimens are heavily worn. The robust anteroloph is confluent with the anterior arm of the protocone. The roughly transverse protoloph connects the paracone and the protocone. Due to the wear, the metaloph is fused with the posteroloph and therefore the metaflexus is obliterated. Only KSK2-102 shows a vestigial metaflexus, which is more affected by the increase of wear than the paraflexus. The mesoflexus appears deeper than the paraflexus and both re-entrants are deeper than the hypoflexus. The hypoflexus is relatively short and narrow.

P4 (KSK1-100 and KSK2-101)

The protocone is elongated antero-posteriorly. The posteroloph is longer than the anteroloph. The posteroloph connects labially with the protoloph whereas the anteroloph joins the protocone lingually. KSK2-101 is broken postero-labially, so it is only possible to see the trace left by the posteroloph. The posterior re-entrant fold is deeper than the anterior reentrant. They almost join, separating the protocone from the paracone.

M1 (KSK1-100, KSK2-101, HJ-100, HJ-101, and HJ-102)

The occlusal outline is sub-quadrate. The protocone and hypocone are connected by a straight to slightly oblique endoloph. In all specimens, the paraflexus is longer than the metaflexus, but both are well developed. HJ-100 is unusual in having the paracone isolated from the protoloph. The protoloph connects to the medial or posterior margin of the protocone. The internal area of the hypoflexus is deeper than that of the mesoflexus. The mesoflexus is deeper than the paraflexus, which is deeper than the metaflexus.

M2 or M3 (HJ-103, HJ-104, KSK1-101, KSK1-102, and KSK2-100) KSK2-100 shows that there is no morphological differences between M2 and M3.

There are some differences between the M2 or M3 and the smaller M1. Most significantly, the outline of the occlusal surface of the M2 and M3 is more rounded. In addition, the subequal protocone and hypocone are connected by a straight endoloph, the protoloph connects to the medial or posterior margin of the protocone, and the mesoflexus is deeper than the paraflexus, which is deeper than the metaflexus. the paraflexus is longer than the metaflexus, but the latter difference is not as marked as in the M1..

COMPARISONS

Comparison with Prosayimys flynni Baskin, 1996

The holotype of this species (Z113/295) comes from the Early Miocene (ca. 20 Ma) Dalana section of the Chitarwata Formation (Zinda Pir Dome, Pakistan). Data provided by [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], pers. comm., January, 2002), show that all the Keseköy and Hisarcik teeth are larger than the largest equivalent teeth of Prosayimys flynni.

Comparison of the dp4s from Keseköy and Hisarcik with the two equivalent specimens (ZP312, ZP316; [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] of Prosayimys flynni is difficult because both specimens of Prosayimys flynni are badly worn and broken. However, a metalophulid II is present in Prosayimys flynni [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], as in the Turkish specimens.

In the m3s of Sayimys giganteus (KSK2-103 and HJ-108) the mesoflexid is shorter and deeper than the metaflexid. In contrast, the m3s of Prosayimys flynni show a mesoflexid and a metaflexid nearly equal in length as well as in depth [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. Furthermore, the m3s of Prosayimys flynni are easily distinguished from those of Sayimys giganteus by the presence of a strong metalophulid II. The m3s of Prosayimys flynni show a transverse hypolophid as in KSK2-103 and HJ-108. The posterolophid on HJ-108 is not constricted before reaching the triangular wear surface of the hypoconid whereas on the only m3 figured by [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]fig. 3M) the posterolophid is constricted.

The dental pattern of the DP4s from Keseköy and Hisarcik (KSK2-102, HJ-105, and HJ-106) has only a few differences with those of Prosayimys flynni [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. In Prosayimys flynni the hypoflexus is shorter and deeper, the metaflexus in the DP4s of Sayimys giganteus shortens more quickly with occlusal wear than in Prosayimys flynni.

However, in both Prosayimys flynni and Sayimys giganteus, the paraflexus persists to an advanced wear stage.

All the P4s of Prosayimys flynni are broken [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], and only the paracone, not the protocone, is preserved in the P4 (Z113/275) figured by Baskin (1996:fig. 3B). In the P4s from Keseköy, the posteroloph is longer than the anteroloph. Z113/275 appears to have the anteroloph longer than the posteroloph.

The M1-3 of Prosayimys flynni and Sayimys giganteus seem to be morphologically similar, except for the size, the latter being larger.

Comparison with Sayimys baskini López-Antoñanzas et Sen, 2003

The validity of the species Sayimys minor from the Murree Formation (Early Miocene) of Pakistan was discussed recently [START_REF] López-Antoñanzas | Systematic revision of Miocene Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Indian subcontinent[END_REF]. The holotype of Sayimys minor (one m1 or m2) cannot be distinguished from an m1 or m2 of Sayimys intermedius. Consequently, the nominal taxon Sayimys minor should be considered a junior synonym of Sayimys intermedius. Other specimens from the Kamlial Formation (early Middle Miocene) of Pakistan, tentatively referred to as Sayimys cf. Sayimys minor [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], represent a new species, Sayimys baskini, to which two (dp4 and m3) of the four paratypic specimens of Sayimys minor are reallocated [START_REF] López-Antoñanzas | Systematic revision of Miocene Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Indian subcontinent[END_REF].

The dp4s of Sayimys baskini [START_REF] Bruijn | Fossil rodents from the Murree formation near Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF]Baskin, 1996are much smaller than the dp4s from Keseköy and Hisarcik. The dp4s from Keseköy 1 and Hisarcik have a large and isolated anteroconid, like GSP 48113 from the Kamlial Formation (Baskin, 1996:fig. 4F, incorrectly mentioned as left in the caption). In both specimens of Sayimys giganteus, the metalophulid II is long and connects, or nearly connects, to the metaconid, whereas in GSP 48113, the metalophulid II is short and does not connect with the metaconid. However, in the dp4 (H-GSP 116) from the Murree Formation, a well-developed metalophulid II, comparable to that in HJ-107, is observed [START_REF] Bruijn | Fossil rodents from the Murree formation near Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF]. Thus, the length of the metalophulid II seems to be a variable character, at least for Sayimys baskini.

The m3s of Sayimys giganteus (KSK2-103 and HJ-108) have a transverse hypolophid, whereas that of the only m3 found by Bruijn et al. (1981:pl.3, fig.1) is oblique. The specimens from locality Y747 (Baskin,1996) also have the hypolophid oblique. In those from locality Y721, the hypolophid is nearly transverse. Like the specimens of Sayimys baskini, the m3s from Turkey have the mesoflexid shorter than the metaflexid. The specimen HJ-108 is much larger than all the m3s described by [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] and the single m3 considered by [START_REF] Bruijn | Fossil rodents from the Murree formation near Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF].

There are a few differences between the dental pattern of the DP4s of Sayimys baskini (Baskin, 1996:13) and Sayimys giganteus. Although no figure of the three specimens (GSP 45374,GSP 33113,and GSP 48144) from the Kamlial Formation has been published, drawings kindly provided by Baskin (pers. comm., January, 2002) show that in these specimens, the paraflexus and the metaflexus are well developed. In the three specimens the paraflexus is longer than the metaflexus. The more worn specimens (GSP 45374 and GSP 48144) show that the paraflexus shortens more quickly with occlusal wear than the metaflexus. In the DP4s of Sayimys giganteus, the metaflexus shortens more quickly with occlusal wear than the paraflexus. Thus, in the three Turkish specimens the metaflexus is obliterated while the paraflexus has not suffered any obvious shortening. In Sayimys baskini, the hypocone is slightly internal to the protocone whereas in HJ-105 and KSK2-102, it is slightly external to it. Furthermore, in Sayimys baskini, the hypoflexus is short, wide, and shallow, whereas in all the specimens from Keseköy and Hisarcik it is also short and shallow, but narrow. With respect to size, the Turkish DP4s are much bigger than those of Sayimys baskini.

The P4s of Sayimys giganteus (KSK1-100 and KSK2-101) have a posterolingual protocone and the anteroloph is well developed, but shorter than the posteroloph. In all (except GSP 48126) specimens of Sayimys baskini from the Kamlial Formation (locality Y747) [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], the anteroloph is missing. GSP 48126 is an unerupted specimen, in which the anteroloph would have likely disappeared with light wear [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. In GSP 48125 (Baskin, 1996:fig. 4A), the posteroloph is much shorter than in the two specimens from Turkey. The P4s from Keseköy are significantly larger than those of Sayimys baskini available to [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], pers. comm., January, 2002).

The single isolated M1 or M2 from the Murree Formation [START_REF] Bruijn | Fossil rodents from the Murree formation near Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF] does not pertain to Sayimys baskini [START_REF] López-Antoñanzas | Systematic revision of Miocene Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Indian subcontinent[END_REF]. However, it is not clear whether it is a very worn tooth of Sayimys intermedius or a specimen of Sayimys sivalensis until more material from the same formation is available. Thus, we compared the M1s from Hisarcik and Keseköy (KSK1-100, KSK2-101, HJ-100, HJ-101, and HJ-102) with the M1-2 from the Kamlial Formation described by [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF].

Based on one maxilla (Baskin, 1996:pl Baskin (1996:13) argued that the M1 of Sayimys baskini is considerably smaller than the M2. This also seems to be true for

. 1: fig. F),

Sayimys giganteus.

Of the 19 M1s or M2s from the Kamlial Formation (localities Y721 and Y747) described by [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], only one (GSP 36353) has a paraflexus, which is longer and deeper than the mesoflexus. [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] argued that the absence of the paraflexus is, at least in some specimens, real and not the result of occlusal wear. [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] also observed that the metaflexus is lost with moderate wear. In contrast, the M1-M3s of Sayimys giganteus have the paraflexus and the metaflexus well developed (the former being longer than the latter). The mesoflexus of Sayimys giganteus is as deep and long as in Sayimys baskini. In addition to these morphological differences, the specimens from the Turkish localities are characterized by a larger size of all cheek teeth than those of Sayimys baskini (Figs. 2,3).

Comparison with Sayimys intermedius Sen and Thomas, 1979

The holotype of this species (AJ 545) is a fragmentary left mandible with p4-m2 from the Middle Miocene Hofuf Formation, Al Jadidah, Saudi Arabia. This species was also recorded at Tayma, north-western Saudi Arabia (López-Antoñanzas and Sen, in press).

Sayimys intermedius is also present in Pakistan in the Murree Formation of Banda Daud Shah (as Sayimys minor: [START_REF] Bruijn | Fossil rodents from the Murree formation near Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF], in the Lower Manchar Formation at localities H-GSP 81.06, H-GSP 81.07, and H-GSP 81.14a [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF], in the Vihowa Formation of the Zinda Pir Dome, and in the Kamlial Formation of the Potwar Plateau (as Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius: [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius was also reported from Paşalar, Turkey [START_REF] Flynn | Preliminary analysis of Miocene small mammals from Paşalar, Turkey[END_REF][START_REF] Peláez-Campomanes | Middle Miocene rodents from Paşalar, Anatolia, Turkey[END_REF]. Sayimys intermedius might be present in the Hatzeva Formation of the Rotem Basin of Israel [START_REF] Goldsmith | Ctenodactylid rodents in the Miocene Negev fauna of Israel[END_REF][START_REF] Tchernov | Miocene mammals of the Negev (Israel)[END_REF][START_REF] Savage | The African dimension in European Early Miocene mammal faunas[END_REF][START_REF] Wood | Early Miocene rodents and lagomorphs from Israel[END_REF], but this cannot be attested until a thorough description and determination of the available material is published. The presence of Sayimys intermedius in the Marada Formation of Libya was also suggested (Bruijn, 1999:264). Nevertheless, the same material was referred to as Africanomys sp. [START_REF] Savage | The African dimension in European Early Miocene mammal faunas[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] and a new species of Sayimys [START_REF] Wessels | Miocene small mammals from Jebel Zelten, Lybia[END_REF]. In any case, there is no doubt that it is not Sayimys intermedius, notably because of the presence of a metalophulid II and the absence of a distinct anteroconid on the dp4. Finally, Sayimys intermedius was discovered in the Keramaria Formation of the Greek island of Chios (López-Antoñanzas et al., in press).

The dp4s from Keseköy and Hisarcik (HJ-107 and KSK2-104) are similar to those of Sayimys intermedius from the Al Jadidah and Pakistani localities in having an elongated outline. However, the dp4 of Sayimys giganteus differs from these in having a strong metalophulid II. HJ-107 and KSK2-104 have an isolated anteroconid, like the dp4s of Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius from the Kamlial Formation (locality Y802: GSP 21862) and from the Vihowa Formation (locality Z120: GSP 36157) figured by Baskin (1996:fig. 5G, H). A few specimens of Sayimys intermedius have the anteroconid joined to the protoconidmetaconid complex, without an anterolophulid (as from Al Jadidah, [START_REF] Sen | Découverte de Rongeurs dans le Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (Province du Hasa, Arabie Saoudite)[END_REF] or through an anterolophulid (some specimens from the Lower Manchar Formation, [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF]. Unlike the condition in Sayimys intermedius and in Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], in the dp4s of Sayimys giganteus the mesoflexid is shorter than the metaflexid, and it is also deeper, or as deep as the metaflexid. In Sayimys giganteus, the hypoflexid is larger and deeper than the mesoflexid whereas they have nearly the same size in Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Sen | Découverte de Rongeurs dans le Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (Province du Hasa, Arabie Saoudite)[END_REF][START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF] and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. In GSP 21862, the hypoflexid is even smaller than the mesoflexid (Baskin, 1996:fig. 5G). In HJ-107 and KSK2-104, mesoflexid and metaflexid are not anteriorly directed. This condition is identical in AJ 545 [START_REF] Sen | Découverte de Rongeurs dans le Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (Province du Hasa, Arabie Saoudite)[END_REF]:fig. 1). On the contrary, in Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]:fig. 5H) and in Sayimys intermedius (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 1, fig. 9;pl. 2, figs. 10-11), the mesoflexid is more anteriorly directed than the metaflexid. The postero-labial cingulum varies from weak (HJ-107) to well developed (KSK2-104) in Sayimys giganteus, whereas in Sayimys intermedius and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] it is weak or absent. HJ-107 is larger than any specimen of Sayimys intermedius and Sayimys cf. [START_REF] Sen | Découverte de Rongeurs dans le Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (Province du Hasa, Arabie Saoudite)[END_REF][START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], pers. comm., January, 2002).

Sayimys intermedius

In comparison with Sayimys intermedius and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius from Pakistan, on the m3 of Sayimys giganteus (KSK2-103 and HJ-108) the mesoflexid is shorter and deeper than the metaflexid. In the specimens described as Sayimys intermedius and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius, the hypolophid varies from roughly transverse (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 2, fig. 12;[START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]fig. 5J) to oblique (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 1, figs.10-11;[START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]fig. 5K) whereas in KSK2-103 and HJ-108, it is transverse. As in Sayimys intermedius and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius, in HJ-108, the protoconid is somewhat longer than the hypoconid and the posterolophid does not constrict before reaching the triangular wear surface of the hypoconid. Only one specimen of Sayimys intermedius figured by Bruijn et al. (1989:pl. 1, fig. 10) shows this constriction.

There are few differences between the dental pattern of the DP4s from Keseköy and Hisarcik and that of Sayimys intermedius (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 1, figs 4-5;pl. 2, figs 3, 7) and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius from Y592 of the Kamlial Formation and from Z120 and Z122 of the Vihowa Formation [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. The main difference is that in Sayimys giganteus the metaflexus is more quickly shortened and eventually obliterated with occlusal wear compared to the paraflexus. An obliterated metaflexus was not observed in Sayimys intermedius or Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius. With respect to size, the Turkish specimens are bigger than all specimens of Sayimys intermedius and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius.

In the P4s from Keseköy (KSK1-100 and KSK2-101), the protocone extends posterolingually whereas in those of Sayimys intermedius (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 2, figs. 5-6) and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius (Z120/45119; Baskin, 1996:fig. 5A), it is situated more or less transversely. KSK1-100 and KSK2-101 have the anteroloph shorter than the posteroloph.

In contrast, in Sayimys intermedius the anteroloph and posteroloph have nearly the same length (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 2, fig. 5;[START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]fig. 5A), the anteroloph is longer than the posteroloph (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 2, fig. 6), or the posteroloph is absent (Baskin, 1996:20).

As in Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF], in Sayimys giganteus the posteroloph joins the protoloph and the anteroloph connects to the protocone. In Z120/45119 of Sayimys cf. [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]fig. 5A) the anteroloph and posteroloph join the anterior and posterior arms of the protocone, respectively. In this specimen as in KSK1-100 and KSK2-101, the protoloph is almost transverse, whereas in the P4 of Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF], it is directed rather obliquely. The P4s of Sayimys giganteus have the first labial flexus (anterior) shallower and smaller than the second one (posterior), like those of Sayimys intermedius (Bruijn et al.,1989:pl. 2, figs. 5-6). In comparison, Z120/45119 [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]fig. 5A) has the anterior flexus slightly longer than the posterior flexus.

Sayimys intermedius

In the M1s from Keseköy and Hisarcik, as well as in the M1s or M2s of Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF], the protocone and slightly smaller hypocone are connected by a straight endoloph. Sayimys intermedius has a paraflexus more quickly affected by occlusal wear than the metaflexus and, therefore, that shortens more rapidly (Bruijn et al., 1989:199). With heavy wear, the paraflexus may disappear, but a short metaflexus is still preserved. The metaflexus also persists longer than the paraflexus in Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius (Baskin, 1996:20). All upper molars from Turkey show the metaflexus and paraflexus well developed, therefore it cannot be known whether or not their pattern of wear coincides with the above mentioned one. The M1s of Sayimys giganteus, like those of Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF], have the paraflexus longer than the metaflexus. The M1s or M2s of Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] usually have a short paraflexus and metaflexus, except for GSP 45354, which has the paraflexus longer. The anterior side of the teeth is wider than the posterior side, like in Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF] and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. The M1s or M2s of Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] show a mesoflexus nearly as deep as that of the hypoflexus, whereas in the upper molars from Keseköy and Hisarcik, the mesoflexus is shallower than the hypoflexus.

As mentioned above, the M2s or M3s from Keseköy and Hisarcik (HJ-103, HJ-104, KSK1-101, KSK1-102, and KSK2-100) have a more rounded morphology and a larger size than the M1s. These differences are also observed in the M3s of Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF] and Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF] noted that the lengths of the paraflexus and metaflexus show more variation in unworn M3s than in unworn M1s or M2s. Unfortunately, there are no unworn M2s or M3s of Sayimys giganteus to test this observation. The M2s and M3s of Sayimys giganteus with moderate to heavy occlusal wear also show more variation in the length of the paraflexus and metaflexus than do the M1s. Length of the paraflexus varies from nearly equal that of the metaflexus (see HJ-104, Fig. 6C) to clearly longer than the metaflexus (see KSK1-102, Fig. 6I). Based on the extensive data provided by [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF] for Sayimys intermedius and, above all, by [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], pers. comm., January, 2002) for Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius, the size of the M3s from Turkey is much greater.

Comparison with Sayimys sivalensis (Hinton, 1933)

The holotype of this species (GSI D284) is a left dentary fragment with m2 and m3 from the Middle Miocene Chinji Formation, Pakistan [START_REF] Hinton | Diagnoses of new genera and species of rodents from Indian Tertiary deposits[END_REF]. López-Antoñanzas and [START_REF] López-Antoñanzas | Systematic revision of Miocene Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Indian subcontinent[END_REF] agreed with [START_REF] Munthe | Rodents of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Part 1. Sciuridae, Gliridae, Ctenodactylidae, and Rhyzomyidae[END_REF] in considering Sayimys perplexus [START_REF] Wood | Fossil rodents from the Siwalik beds of India[END_REF] junior synonym of Sayimys sivalensis. Sayimys chinjiensis Baskin, 1996 is also considered a junior synonym of Sayimys sivalensis (López-Antoñanzas and [START_REF] López-Antoñanzas | Systematic revision of Miocene Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Indian subcontinent[END_REF].

Hence, Sayimys sivalensis (including Sayimys perplexus and Sayimys chinjiensis) is known in Pakistan from the Lower Manchar [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF], Kamlial [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], and Chinji formations [START_REF] Hinton | Diagnoses of new genera and species of rodents from Indian Tertiary deposits[END_REF][START_REF] Hussain | The Daud Khel Local fauna: A preliminary report on a Neogene vertebrate assemblage from the transindus Siwaliks, Pakistan[END_REF][START_REF] Munthe | Rodents of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Part 1. Sciuridae, Gliridae, Ctenodactylidae, and Rhyzomyidae[END_REF][START_REF] Dehm | Fossil Rodents from the type area of the Chinji Formation, Siwalik group, Pakistan[END_REF][START_REF] Wessels | Fossil rodents from the Chinji Formation, Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. It is also known in India, from the Chinji Formation at Ramnagar [START_REF] Vasishat | Antecedents of early man in northwestern India: paleontological and paleoecological evidences[END_REF] and from the Nagri Formation in the Haritalyangar area (as Sayimys perplexus, [START_REF] Wood | Fossil rodents from the Siwalik beds of India[END_REF][START_REF] Prasad | The vertebrate fauna from the Siwalik beds of Haritalyangar, Himachal Pradesh, India[END_REF][START_REF] Vasishat | First record of maxillary dentition of Sayimys perplexus (Ctenodactylidae) from the Indian Siwaliks[END_REF][START_REF] Vasishat | Antecedents of early man in northwestern India: paleontological and paleoecological evidences[END_REF].

There are two important differences between the dp4s from Keseköy and Hisarcik (HJ-107 and KSK2-104) and almost all dp4s of Sayimys sivalensis. The first is the presence in Sayimys giganteus of a metalophulid II. The specimen RU 3034 (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 4, fig. 7) excepted, Sayimys sivalensis appears derived by the loss of the metalophulid II. The second difference is the presence in the Turkish material of an isolated anteroconid. In the dp4s of Sayimys sivalensis, the anteroconid is connected to the protoconid-metaconid complex by an anterolophulid situated on the longitudinal axis (Munthe, 1980:fig. 8;[START_REF] Wessels | Fossil rodents from the Chinji Formation, Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF][START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. Another derived feature of Sayimys sivalensis is the anteriorly directed mesoflexid; this structure is transverse in the Turkish specimens. The dp4s from Keseköy and Hisarcik have the hypolophid slightly oblique and situated opposite the hypoflexid. In most specimens of Sayimys sivalensis the hypolophid is directed obliquely forward and it is continuous with the posterior arm of the protoconid [START_REF] Munthe | Rodents of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Part 1. Sciuridae, Gliridae, Ctenodactylidae, and Rhyzomyidae[END_REF][START_REF] Wessels | Fossil rodents from the Chinji Formation, Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF][START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF].

The poor preservation of the known m3s of Sayimys giganteus makes it difficult to evaluate the maximal extension of the metaflexus and mesoflexus. However, in KSK2-103, the mesoflexid is shorter than the metaflexid, as in the m3 of Sayimys sivalensis [START_REF] Black | Review of fossil rodents from the Neogene Siwalik Beds of India and Pakistan[END_REF][START_REF] Munthe | Rodents of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Part 1. Sciuridae, Gliridae, Ctenodactylidae, and Rhyzomyidae[END_REF][START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. The m3 of Sayimys sivalensis figured by Wessels et al. (1982:pl.4, fig. 1) has mesoflexid and metaflexid that extend equally far labially. The hypolophid, in KSK2-103 and HJ-108, is less oblique than that usually observed in the m3s of Sayimys sivalensis. KSK2-103 and HJ-108, like the m3s of Sayimys sivalensis, have the anterior arm of the hypoconid constricted at its connection with the posterior arm of the protoconid.

The dental pattern of the DP4 from Keseköy and Hisarcik displays a few differences from that of Sayimys sivalensis [START_REF] Munthe | Rodents of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Part 1. Sciuridae, Gliridae, Ctenodactylidae, and Rhyzomyidae[END_REF][START_REF] Wessels | Fossil rodents from the Chinji Formation, Banda Daud Shah, Kohat, Pakistan[END_REF][START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. The main difference is the presence of an obliterated metaflexus in all Turkish specimens, which suggests that the metaflexus shortened more quickly with wear than the paraflexus. No DP4 of Sayimys sivalensis presents this pattern of wear.

The asymmetrical dental pattern of the P4s from Keseköy (KSK1-100 and KSK2-101) is very different from the symmetrical pattern of the P4s of Sayimys sivalensis. The Turkish specimens show a well developed posteroloph and an anteroloph of variable length. In Sayimys sivalensis both structures are only vaguely recognizable. The protocone of KSK1-100 and KSK2-101 is not fused to the paracone, whereas in Sayimys sivalensis the large protocone is fused to the smaller paracone. In addition, the P4s of Sayimys sivalensis lack the lingual re-entrant fold observed in Sayimys giganteus.

The M1s from Keseköy and Hisarcik have the paraflexus longer than the metaflexus.

In contrast, in the M1s of Sayimys sivalensis the paraflexus is usually shorter than the metaflexus; it is absent in some specimens (Bruijn et al., 1989:pl. 3, fig. 3;[START_REF] Munthe | Rodents of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Part 1. Sciuridae, Gliridae, Ctenodactylidae, and Rhyzomyidae[END_REF]fig. 6E). Moderately worn teeth of Sayimys sivalensis show a pattern of three lophs because the anteroloph and the protoloph are fused at an early stage of wear. Even at a moderate wear stage, the M1s of Sayimys giganteus have four lophs.

The wear pattern with deep flexi in the M2s and M3s from Keseköy and Hisarcik is also different from that of Sayimys sivalensis, in which the paraflexus and metaflexus are short or absent. In Sayimys giganteus both folds are well developed.

Comparison with Sayimys obliquidens Bohlin, 1946

T.b. 268b, the holotype of this species (Bohlin, 1946:figs. 30b, 30b', 30b'') is a left lower jaw with p4-m3 (the lingual halves of p4 and m1 are missing). It is from Taben-buluk (Gansu, China), a locality that is probably Early Miocene [START_REF] Wang | Cenozoic stratigraphy in Danghe area, Gansu Province, and uplift of Tibetan plateau[END_REF]. Recently similar material was recorded (as Sayimys aff. obliquidens) from the middle members of the Chul'adyr Formation (Early Miocene) of the Aktau Mountains (Kazakhstan) on the basis of an isolated dp4, m1, m2, DP4, M2, and M3 [START_REF] Kordikova | Early Miocene rodents from the Aktau Mountains (South-Eastern Kazakhstan)[END_REF], and from the Akzhar Formation of Batpaksunde (Kazakhstan), on the basis of one left dp4 that [START_REF] Lopatin | The history of the Dipodoidea (Rodentia, Mammalia) in the Miocene of Asia: 2. Zapodidae]. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2000: 86-91[END_REF] considered to be a left m1 of a new zapodid taxon: Asiazapus ingens.

The dp4s from Hisarcik and Keseköy (HJ-107 and KSK2-104) and the dp4 of Sayimys obliquidens are primitive in possessing a metalophulid II. In the dp4 of Sayimys obliquidens and in the Turkish specimens, it can extend to the metaconid to help form an enamel lake. In HJ-107 and KSK2-104, the anteroconid is larger than in the dp4 of Sayimys obliquidens, but it is isolated in both taxa. In both species the mesoflexid is shorter than the metaflexid, and the labial re-entrant folds are transverse. However, in the dp4 from Kazakhstan, the metaflexid appears to be narrower than that of the dp4s from Turkey, especially KSK2-104. As in Sayimys obliquidens, neither of the dp4s from Turkey show a constriction of the posterolophid before it reaches the triangular wear surface of the hypoconid. The dp4 of Sayimys obliquidens has a well-developed posterolabial cingulum.

The only known m3 of Sayimys obliquidens (Bohlin, 1946:fig. 30b") is heavily worn.

It lacks metalophulid II, but this is probably a result of wear because it is present on the other molars. Unlike the m3s of Sayimys giganteus, in the m3 of Sayimys obliquidens the lingual end of the posterolophid bends toward the lingual end of the entoconid. In both Sayimys obliquidens and Sayimys giganteus, the mesoflexid is shorter than the metaflexid. On the m3s from Keseköy and Hisarcik the hypolophid is roughly transverse, whereas it is oblique in Sayimys obliquidens. As in the m3 of Sayimys obliquidens, HJ-108 does not show a constriction of the posterolophid close to the hypoconid.

The main difference between the DP4s of Sayimys obliquidens and Sayimys giganteus, is that in Sayimys giganteus the metaflexus is obliterated, whereas in the only DP4 referred to Sayimys cf. Sayimys obliquidens it is well developed [START_REF] Kordikova | Early Miocene rodents from the Aktau Mountains (South-Eastern Kazakhstan)[END_REF]. Another difference is that the Turkish specimens are significantly larger.

The P4s from Keseköy (KSK1-100 and KSK2-101) are different from that of Sayimys obliquidens. The Keseköy specimens have a long posteroloph, which connects labially to the protoloph, and an anteroloph of variable length that joins the protocone lingually. In the P4 of Sayimys obliquidens, the posteroloph and anteroloph are short and both join the protoloph. In Sayimys giganteus, the anterior re-entrant is larger than in the P4 of Sayimys obliquidens, in which it is nearly nonexistent (Bohlin, 1946:fig. 30d).

Comparison between the M1s from Turkey (KSK1-100, KSK2-101, HJ-100, HJ-101, and HJ-102) and that of Sayimys obliquidens is based on a single upper tooth row attributed to this species by Bohlin (1946:fig. 30a'''). Interestingly enough, all the Sayimys specimens from Taben-buluk described by [START_REF] Bohlin | The fossil mammals from the Tertiary deposits of Taben-Baluk, Western Kansu, Part II: Simplicidentata, Carnivora, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, and Primates[END_REF] may belong to Sayimys obliquidens as proposed implicitly by Stehlin and Schaub (1951:fig. 182) and Schaub (1958:fig. 212) and explicitly by Wang (1997:63). On the M1s of Sayimys giganteus, the paraflexus is longer than the metaflexus and both re-entrants are well developed. In the M1 of specimen UU 279a of Sayimys obliquidens (Bohlin, 1946:fig. 30a'''), the metaflexus is nearly obliterated because of occlusal wear, and the paraflexus is very short. The M1 described by [START_REF] Bohlin | The fossil mammals from the Tertiary deposits of Taben-Baluk, Western Kansu, Part II: Simplicidentata, Carnivora, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, and Primates[END_REF] has the mesoflexus much shorter and narrower than in the specimens from Turkey. In both taxa, the M2 is larger than the M1. The hypoflexus of Sayimys giganteus is wider than that of Sayimys obliquidens.

The M2s and M3s from Hisarcik and Keseköy (HJ-103, HJ-104, KSK1-101, KSK1-102, and KSK2-100) have the paraflexus longer than the metaflexus. In the M2 of Sayimys cf. [START_REF] Kordikova | Early Miocene rodents from the Aktau Mountains (South-Eastern Kazakhstan)[END_REF] both re-entrants are equal in length and extend farther lingually than in the specimens from Turkey. The metaflexus seems to be wider than in the Turkish specimens. The M2 of Sayimys obliquidens (Bohlin, 1946:fig. 30a''') has heavy occlusal wear and the paraflexus and the metaflexus are nearly obliterated. In that specimen, the mesoflexus is much narrower and shorter than in the Turkish specimens, the protocone extends farther lingually and the hypoflexus is narrower and more anteriorly directed. The M3 of Sayimys cf. Sayimys obliquidens [START_REF] Kordikova | Early Miocene rodents from the Aktau Mountains (South-Eastern Kazakhstan)[END_REF] has the mesoflexus much narrower and extending farther lingually than in the Turkish taxon. In the M3 of Sayimys obliquidens (Bohlin, 1946:fig. 30a'''), the mesoflexus is much narrower and more anteriorly directed.

Sayimys obliquidens

Comparison with Sayimys badauni Vasishat, 1985

PUA 74-70, the holotype of this species is a left lower jaw with i1 and p4-m2 (Vasishat, 1985:pl. 24). It comes from the Pliocene of the Tatrot Formation (Upper Siwaliks, India). The illustrations presented by [START_REF] Vasishat | Antecedents of early man in northwestern India: paleontological and paleoecological evidences[END_REF] are not fully satisfactory, but the morphology of Sayimys badauni recalls that of Sayimys sivalensis. For instance, in the first lower molars of both taxa, the mesoflexid and the metaflexid extend equally far labially, whereas in the second molar, the mesoflexid extends farther labially. Like in Sayimys sivalensis, the dental pattern of the P4 of Sayimys badauni is symmetrical, with the paracone fused with the protocone and with an anteroloph and a posteroloph hardly recognizable. With respect to the upper molars, both species display a wear pattern consisting of two lophs. Therefore, even if Sayimys badauni is larger than Sayimys sivalensis, the validity of the former taxon name should not be assumed.

Only a single m3 of Sayimys badauni (PUA-74-74) is known (Vasishat, 1985:114-116). It is not figured or described.

The P4s from Keseköy (KSK1-100 and KSK2-101) are very different from the P4 of Sayimys badauni (Vasishat, 1985:pl. 25). According to [START_REF] Vasishat | Antecedents of early man in northwestern India: paleontological and paleoecological evidences[END_REF], the details of the crown of the P4 of this specimen (PUA 74-73) are not discernable due to the high degree of wear. However, Vasishat's illustration (1985:pl. 25) shows a more-or-less symmetrical pattern for the occlusal surface. This pattern is different from the asymmetrical one of the Turkish taxon. The protocone is not fused to the paracone in KSK1-100 and KSK2-101; the well developed posteroloph joins the protoloph, and the well developed anteroloph joins the protocone.

The upper molars from Keseköy and Hisarcik show a wear pattern different from that of Sayimys badauni. All Turkish specimens have the paraflexus and the metaflexus well developed, whereas Sayimys badauni shows a pattern of two lophs, with the anterior loph larger than the posterior loph.

SYSTEMATICS AND PHYLOGENY [START_REF] Wood | The evolution of the rodent family Ctenodactylidae[END_REF] presented a comprehensive study of the evolution of the ctenodactylids from Eocene forms to extant species. He considered Sayimys sivalensis to be closer to Metasayimys than to Sayimys obliquidens and placed Sayimys sivalensis in the genus Africanomys. However, [START_REF] Munthe | Rodents of the Miocene Daud Khel Local Fauna, Mianwali District, Pakistan. Part 1. Sciuridae, Gliridae, Ctenodactylidae, and Rhyzomyidae[END_REF] proposed a phylogenetic sequence proceeding from Sayimys obliquidens through Sayimys sivalensis to Metasayimys. In contrast, [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF] and [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] advocated that Metasayimys is derived from Sayimys minor (S. baskini). [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF] also considered Prosayimys to be derived from a form similar to Yindertemys or Tataromys, and, moreover, he judged it almost certainly ancestral to Sayimys. Wang (1997:fig. 38) provided a cladogram of the relationships of the Ctenodactylinae (including Sayimys) with other ctenodactylids, but did not investigate species relationships within the genus Sayimys, or between this genus and other closely related genera such as Prosayimys and Metasayimys. Recently, Kumar and Kad (2002:739) suggested that Sayimys minor (S. baskini) is a plesiomorphic taxon of the lineage leading to Sayimys sivalensis.

To help elucidate relationships between known species of Sayimys, Prosayimys, and Metasayimys we conducted a cladistic analysis. The taxa included are Prosayimys flynni, Sayimys obliquidens, Sayimys sp. nov. from As-Sarrar (Saudi Arabia; often erroneously cited as 'Al-Sarrar'), Sayimys intermedius, Sayimys sivalensis, Sayimys baskini, Sayimys giganteus, and Metasayimys curvidens (Sayimys badauni is not included because of uncertainty about its validity). The monophyly of the ingroup is not questioned and Tataromys is selected as the outgroup. The data matrix (19 characters, see Appendices I and II) was processed with PAUP version 3.1.1 [START_REF] Swofford | PAUP* 3.0[END_REF], using the exhaustive search option. Five equally mostparsimonious trees were generated (tree length 35, consistency index 0.514, homoplasy index 0.486, rescaled consistency index 0.249). The majority consensus solution from these trees is shown in Figure 7.

As suggested by [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], Prosayimys flynni appears basal to the remaining species of the ingroup. Sayimys intermedius and Sayimys sivalensis are most derived. Sayimys giganteus emerges as the sister-species of Sayimys obliquidens. Metasayimys curvidens is placed between Sayimys sp. nov. from As-Sarrar and Sayimys baskini. The transfer of Metasayimys curvidens to the genus Sayimys as the new combination Sayimys curvidens [START_REF] Lavocat | Le gisement de vertébrés miocènes de Beni Mellal (Maroc): étude systematique de la faune de mammiféres[END_REF] would seem reasonable. However, a formal reallocation must be delayed until a comprehensive cladogram of the Ctenodactylinae (including notably the species of Sardomys, Pireddamys, Akzharomys, Africanomys, and of the four extant genera), in which the present ingroup is monophyletic, is available. In contrast, if the most recent common ancestor of Prosayimys flynni and Sayimys sivalensis is also ancestral to any of the above mentioned ctenodactyline species, then the genus Metasayimys will have to be conserved and other species of the present ingroup will have to be reallocated to another genus. This would thus be the case of Sayimys obliquidens, an option already suggested by Munthe (1980:25-27).

According to [START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF], the main diagnostic character of the genus Prosayimys is the presence of a metalophulid II in the lower molars and the lower deciduous premolars.

However, the presence of the metalophulid II in the dp4s is a plesiomorphic character of the ingroup considered in the present analysis. Its absence is a synapomorphy of the most derived clade: (Sayimys intermedius + Sayimys sivalensis). Likewise, the metalophulid II is present in lower molars of Sayimys obliquidens (but we cannot establish that this is a symplesiomorphy rather than a reversion). Consequently, this character is unsuitable for generic distinction. In other respects the teeth of Prosayimys flynni are very similar to those of other species of Sayimys. The suggestion by Kordikova and Bruijn (2001:398) that Prosayimys is a junior synonym of Sayimys thus remains as a worthy consideration. Nevertheless, the results of the present partial analysis of ctenodactyline relationships does not require synonymy because Prosayimys flynni nests basal to all other species of the ingroup.

DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION

In a short article on European Miocene Ctenodactyloidea Bruijn (1999:264) briefly mentioned a number of Early to Middle Miocene localities situated across Anatolia that have yielded Sayimys remains. These are Horlak, Çatalarkaç, Paşalar, and Kesëkoy. He wrote that all the Sayimys cheek teeth from Turkey are similar in size and morphology and that they have about the same stage of evolution as Sayimys minor (S. baskini) from the Murree Formation of Pakistan. Unfortunately, he did not provide any description and limited himself to figure (without scale), as Sayimys sp., an upper and a lower tooth row (exclusive of the dp4 and DP4) from Keseköy (Bruijn, 1999:figs. 25.2A, 25.3A). These teeth seem to resemble those from Keseköy and Hisarcik described in the present paper. Based on Bruijn's (1999:fig. 25.2A) drawing, it appears that the p4 from Keseköy differs from Prosayimys flynni in having a posterolophid, from Sayimys baskini in having a posterolophid and in the absence of a prominent stylid (which is observed in the posteroexternal cingulum in most of the specimens of the Kamlial Formation), from Sayimys sivalensis in having a posterolophid, and from Sayimys obliquidens in the absence of an accessory lophulid on the posterior side of the metaconid and in having a posterolophid. Further, there is no doubt that the mesoflexid is shorter than the metaflexid in the m3 from Keseköy (Bruijn, 1999:fig. 25.2A). Despite intensive sampling, no other Sayimys species are recorded in Keseköy besides Sayimys giganteus, so it appears more reasonable that the material figured by Bruijn (1999:figs. 25.2A, 25.3A) belongs to this latter species. Interestingly enough, completing accordingly our matrix with p4 data does not change the length, indices, and topology of our tree.

With respect to the Sayimys material from Paşalar, Flynn and Jacobs (1990:fig. 1C) figured one m1 or m2 from this locality that they identified as Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius. This determination was accepted by Peláez-Campomanes and Daams ( 2002) and we believe it to be correct as well. The comment by Bruijn (1999:264) about the similarity of the Sayimys material from Paşalar and Keseköy, therefore, appears troubling. In addition, regarding Hórlak, Sümengen et al. (1990:71) mentioned a few Sayimys specimens morphologically like Sayimys minor (S. baskini), but "somewhat larger than the type material." Unfortunately, as for the Sayimys material mentioned by Bruijn (1999:264) from the coeval site of Çatalarkaç, no description nor illustration of specimens from Hórlak has been made available to date. To complete the Turkish Sayimys record, the Yapinti locality, in the lower Miocene Derinçay Formation (Mut Basin, southern Anatolia), must be mentioned.

It yielded dental material that, unfortunately, cannot be determined at the species level (Ünay et al., 2001).

In conclusion, only a few Miocene localities have yielded ctenodactylid remains in Turkey so far. Two taxa are recognized: Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius at Paşalar, Middle Miocene [START_REF] Flynn | Preliminary analysis of Miocene small mammals from Paşalar, Turkey[END_REF][START_REF] Peláez-Campomanes | Middle Miocene rodents from Paşalar, Anatolia, Turkey[END_REF], and Sayimys giganteus sp. nov. at Hisarcik and Kesëkoy, Lower Miocene. Sayimys giganteus appears to be endemic to Turkey, but Sayimys intermedius (or Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius) is also known from outside of this country. This species was originally recognized in the Middle Miocene part of the Hofuf Formation of Saudi Arabia at Al Jadidah [START_REF] Sen | Découverte de Rongeurs dans le Miocène moyen de la Formation Hofuf (Province du Hasa, Arabie Saoudite)[END_REF].

It also occurs at Tayma, north-western Saudi Arabia (López-Antoñanzas and Sen, in press), but preliminary results suggesting the presence of Sayimys cf. Sayimys intermedius in the Dam Formation (Early Miocene) of Saudi Arabia [START_REF] Thomas | The Lower Miocene Fauna of Al-Sarrar [sic] (Eastern province, Saudi Arabia)[END_REF] are inaccurate (López-Antoñanzas and Sen, in press). Sayimys intermedius was recorded subsequently in the Lower Manchar (Early Miocene), Vihowa (Middle Miocene), and Kamlial (Middle Miocene) formations of Pakistan [START_REF] Bruijn | Evolutionary trends in Sayimys (Ctenodactylidae, Rodentia) from the Lower Manchar Formation (Sind, Pakistan)[END_REF][START_REF] Baskin | Systematic revision of Ctenodactylidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Miocene of Pakistan[END_REF]. Finally, this species is recorded in the Keramaria Formation (Middle Miocene) of Chios Island, Greece (López-Antoñanzas et al., in press). Sayimys intermedius documents an Early-Middle Miocene dispersal from Pakistan westwards into Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Chios (the latter at that time not yet isolated from the Asiatic continent).

  -AJ, Al Jadidah (Saudi Arabia); GSI, Geological Survey of India (Calcutta); GSP, Geological Survey of Pakistan (Quetta); H-GSP, Howard University (Washington DC) -Geological Survey of Pakistan,; HJ, Hisarcik, (Turkey); KSK, Keseköy ( Turkey); RU, Rijkuniversiteit Utrecht (Utrecht); T.b., Taben-buluk, (China); UU, Uppsala universitet (Uppsala); ZP, Zinda Pir Dome (Pakistan).

  Diagnosis-Sayimys giganteus differs from Prosayimys flynni and Sayimys obliquidens primarily in the absence of metalophulid II on the lower molars, in having the metaflexus obliterated in the DP4, and in having the anteroloph shorter and more lingually situated in P4. Sayimys giganteus differs from Sayimys baskini chiefly in having the metaflexus obliterated in the DP4, an anteroloph in the P4, and the paraflexus well developed in the upper molars. Sayimys giganteus principally differs from Sayimys intermedius, in possessing a metalophulid II in the dp4 and in having an anteroloph shorter than the posteroloph in the P4. Sayimys giganteus is distinct from Sayimys sivalensis primarily in having a metalophulid II and an anteroconid isolated in the dp4, the paracone and protocone unfused on P4, a long posteroloph and an anteroloph connected to the protocone on this tooth, and the paraflexus and the metaflexus well developed in the upper molars. Sayimys giganteus is distinct from Sayimys obliquidens mainly by the absence of metalophulid II on the lower molars. Sayimys giganteus differs from Sayimys badauni in having a P4 in which the paracone and the protocone are unfused and the long posteroloph and the anteroloph are connected to the protocone. In addition, the paraflexus and the metaflexus are well developed in the upper molars. Sayimys giganteus differs from all described species of Sayimys, except Sayimys badauni (of comparable size), by its larger size (Figs. 2, 3). DESCRIPTION dp4 (HJ-107 and KSK2-104)

FIGURE 3 .

 3 FIGURE 3. Scatter diagram showing the variation in length and width of the m3 of all species

FIGURE 4 .FIGURE 5 .FIGURE 7 .

 457 FIGURE 4. Sayimys giganteus sp. nov. A, right dp4 (HJ-107, occlusal view). B, left dp4

  Figure 1

TABLE 1 .

 1 Occlusal measurements (mm) of the teeth of Sayimys giganteus sp. nov. from Turkey. All maesurements were obtained with Mitutoyo measuring equipment, and represent greatest length and greatest width. Paleogeographic map of Turkey and surrounding areas at the Burdigalian-Langhian boundary (modified fromRögl, 1998:pl. 5) and localities yielding Early-Middle Miocene Sayimys and Prosayimys. Saudi Arabia: 1, As-Sarrar; 2, Al Jadidah; 3, Tayma. Thimiana (Chios). India and Pakistan: 12, Sind; 13, Siwaliks; 14, Dera Ghazi Khan area. Kazakhstan: 15, Aktau Mountains: 16, Batpaksunde. Black areas represent evaporite basine, grey areas are exposed land surfaces, and white areas represent seas.FIGURE 2. Scatter diagram showing the variation in length and width of the M1 and M2 of all species of Sayimys. All measurements in mm.

		Specimen	Length	Width
	P4	KSK1-100	1.19	1.97
	M1	KSK1-100	2.13	2.04
	M2 or M3	KSK1-101	2.73	3.10
	M2 or M3	KSK1-102	2.84	3.13
	dp4	KSK2-104	2.83	1.61
	m3	KSK2-103	-	2.90
	DP4	KSK2-102	2.14	2.12
	P4	KSK2-101	1.43	1.85
	M1	KSK2-101	2.18	2.41
	M2	KSK2-100	2.61	2.89
	M3	KSK2-100	2.77	2.86
	dp4	HJ-107	2.60	1.53
	m3	HJ-108	3.63	2.67
	DP4	HJ-105	~1.92	2.06
	DP4	HJ-106	~1.91	1.94
	M1	HJ-100	2.10	2.16
	M1	HJ-101	2.29	2.29
	M1	HJ-102	2.34	2.31
	M2 or M3	HJ-103	2.94	2.95
	M2 or M3	HJ-104	2.74	2.69

Turkey: 4, Paşalar; 5, Hórlak; 6, Keseköy; 7, Hijarcik; 8, Mut; 9, Çatalarkaç; 10, Bozalanz.

Greece: 11,

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS J. A. Baskin (Texas A & M University, Kingsville) and L. Flynn (Harvard University, Cambridge, USA) kindly provided us with documents and important unpublished data. The senior author is also grateful to F. Knoll (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris) for having improved the systematic and linguistic aspects of this paper and for his useful comments. C. Weber-Chancogne (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris) kindly made the SEM images.

APPENDIX I

Characters used in phylogenetic analysis. All characters are binary (0, 1), polarity of character determined by outgroup comparison with Tataromys spp.

APPENDIX 2

Matrix of character codings used in the analysis of relationships of Sayimys species, Prosayimys flynni, and Metasayimys curvidens. Characters are listed in Appendix I.

Tataromys spp is used as outgroup. Character codings: 0, postulated plesiomorphic condition of character; 1, postulated derived conditions of character; -, uncodable character; ?, character state uncertain. Taxa Characters 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Tataromys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 P. flynni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ? 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 'S. baskini' 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 -1 0 S. intermedius 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 S. sp. nov (As-Sarrar) 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 S. sivalensis 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 -1 1 S. obliquidens 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 S. giganteus 0 0 0 1 1 ? ? ? 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 M. curvidens 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 ? 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 1