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  1. First record of a Late Miocene hominid from North Macedonia

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, October 2025, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  2. Oldest hippopotamus record (Hippopotamus antiquus) from Anatolia (Datça Peninsula, Southwest Türkiye)

    Article • Palaeoworld, October 2025, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  3. Virtual reconstruction and geometric morphometric analysis of the Kocabaş fossil hominin from Turkey and implications for taxonomy and evolutionary significance: A commentary on Mori et al. (2024)

    Article • Journal of Human Evolution, July 2025, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  4. A new systematic study on Hystrix findings from eastern Aegean area

    Article • Palaeoworld, April 2025, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  5. Stratigraphic Revision of the Selendi, Güre, and Uşak Neogene Basins, Western Anatolia

    Article • Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition, April 2025, Wiley

    Serdar Mayda

  6. Early Pliocene Spalacinae from the locality of Afşar, western Turkey

    Article • Geobios, October 2024, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  7. Batı Anadolu Geç Miyosen Memeli Lokalitelerinden Hippotherium brachypus (Hensel, 1862) (Equidae, Hipparionini): Sistematik ve Paleoekoloji

    Article • Antropoloji, June 2024, Antropoloji

    Serdar Mayda

  8. A newly discovered Hystrix primigenia specimen from the Kemiklitepe collection at Ege University Natural History Museum: insights into paleobiogeography in Eurasia

    Article • Integrative Zoology, April 2024, Wiley

    Serdar Mayda

  9. Author Correction: A new ape from Türkiye and the radiation of late Miocene hominines

    Article • Communications Biology, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  10. Where’s dinner? Variation in carnivoran distributional responses to the mid-Vallesian faunal turnover

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  11. Paleobiodiversity and paleoenvironments of the eastern Paratethys Pleistocene lacustrine-palustrine sequence in the Baklan Basin (SW Anatolia, Turkey)

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, September 2023, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  12. A new ape from Türkiye and the radiation of late Miocene hominines

    Article • Communications Biology, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  13. Late Miocene ‘ovibovin’ bovids (Mammalia, Bovidae) from Çorakyerler, Turkey

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, August 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Serdar Mayda

  14. A new Late Miocene Hystrix (Hystricidae, Rodentia) from Turkey

    Article • Integrative Zoology, August 2023, Wiley

    Serdar Mayda

  15. Neogene Geology and Stratigraphic Correlation of Mordoğan Region, Karaburun Peninsula, Western Anatolia

    Article • Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni / Geological Bulletin of Turkey, July 2023, Turkiye Jeoloji Bulteni

    Serdar Mayda

  16. Early Pliocene Arvicolinae and Cricetinae from the locality of Afşar, western Turkey

    Article • TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, January 2023, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-ULAKBIM) - DIGITAL COMMONS JOURNALS

    Serdar Mayda

  17. Musk Deer on the Run – Dispersal of Miocene Moschidae in the Context of Environmental Changes

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  18. The antiquity of Asian chameleons—first potential Chamaeleonidae and associated squamate fauna from the Lower and Middle Miocene of Anatolia

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Serdar Mayda

  19. Karaburun Yarımadası’nın Geç Miyosen Stratigrafisi, Yeni Memeli Bulguları ve Bölgesel Korelasyon, Batı Anadolu

    Article • Türkiye Jeoloji Bülteni / Geological Bulletin of Turkey, August 2022, Turkiye Jeoloji Bulteni

    Serdar Mayda

  20. Beydere 3: a new early Miocene small mammal assemblage from western Anatolia, Turkey

    Article • Historical Biology, June 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Serdar Mayda

  21. BURDUR PALEOLITIC ERA SURVEY-2021

    Article • Mehmet Akif Ersoy Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, May 2022, Mehmet Akif Ersoy Universitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitusu Dergisi

    Serdar Mayda

  22. Caught in travertine: computed tomography reveals the youngest record of Amphicyon giganteus from the travertine deposits of Karacalar (late middle Miocene, central Anatolia, Turkey)

    Article • PalZ, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  23. Author Correction: Continuous presence of proto-cereals in Anatolia since 2.3 Ma, and their possible co-evolution with large herbivores and hominins

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  24. Feeding strategies of circum‑Mediterranean hipparionins during the late Miocene: Exploring dietary preferences related to size through dental microwear analysis

    Article • Palaeontologia Electronica, January 2022, Coquina Press

    Serdar Mayda

  25. Late Miocene amphibians and reptiles: new insight into the pre-Messinian herpetofaunas in Turkey

    Article • Historical Biology, November 2021, Taylor & Francis

    Serdar Mayda

  26. Continuous presence of proto-cereals in Anatolia since 2.3 Ma, and their possible co-evolution with large herbivores and hominins

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  27. Micromammals from the late early Miocene of Çapak (western Anatolia) herald a time of change

    Article • Journal of Paleontology, April 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Serdar Mayda

  28. Late Paleogene herpetofaunas from the crossroads between two continents – new amphibian and reptile remains from the Oligocene of southern Balkans and Anatolia

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, April 2021, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Serdar Mayda

  29. Percrocuta miocenica (Percrocutidae, Carnivora) from the middle Miocene of Brajkovac (Central Serbia)

    Article • Geobios, April 2021, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  30. A new late Miocene bovid (Mammalia: Artiodactyla: Bovidae) from Çorakyerler (Turkey)

    Article • February 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    Serdar Mayda

  31. The myth of the Messinian Dardanelles: Late Miocene stratigraphy and palaeogeography of the ancient Aegean-Black Sea gateway

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, December 2020, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  32. Hyracoidea from the Middle Miocene hominoid locality of Paşalar (NW Turkey)

    Article • TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, November 2020, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-ULAKBIM) - DIGITAL COMMONS JOURNALS

    Serdar Mayda

  33. Bone histology, palaeobiology, and early diagenetic history of extinct equids from Turkey

    Article • Quaternary Research, November 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Serdar Mayda

  34. Large giraffids (Mammalia, Ruminantia) from the new late Miocene fossiliferous locality of Kemiklitepe-E (Western Anatolia, Turkey)

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  35. Qurliqnoria (Bovidae, Mammalia) from the Upper Miocene of Çorakyerler (Central Anatolia, Turkey) and its biogeographic implications

    Article • Palaeoworld, September 2020, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  36. The Westernmost Asian Record of Pythonids (Serpentes): The Presence of Python in a Miocene Hominoid Locality of Anatolia

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, May 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Serdar Mayda

  37. Chronostratigraphy, depositional patterns and climatic imprints in Lake Acigöl (SW Anatolia) during the Quaternary

    Article • Quaternary Geochronology, March 2020, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  38. Stratigraphy of the Mio-Pleistocene sequence in the Göktepe region based on the fossil record (Muğla, SW Turkey)

    Article • TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES, January 2020, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK-ULAKBIM) - DIGITAL COMMONS JOURNALS

    Serdar Mayda

  39. Listriodon skull from the late middle Miocene of Nebisuyu (Çanakkale – MN 8) Turkey

    Article • Fossil Imprint, January 2020, National Museum, Czech Republic

    Serdar Mayda

  40. Small early Miocene listriodont suid (Artiodactyla: Mammalia) from Sabuncubeli (Manisa, SW Anatolia), Turkey

    Article • Fossil Imprint, January 2020, National Museum, Czech Republic

    Serdar Mayda

  41. An integrated reconstruction of the early Pleistocene palaeoenvironment of Homo erectus in the Denizli Basin (SW Turkey)

    Article • Geobios, December 2019, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  42. Plio-Pleistocene Amphibians and Reptiles from Central Turkey: New Faunas and Faunal Records with Comments on their Biochronological Position Based on Small Mammals

    Article • Fossil Imprint, December 2019, National Museum, Czech Republic

    Serdar Mayda

  43. Denizli Havzası (GB Anadolu) Neojen istifinde ilk Turoliyen bulgusu ve bölgesel paleobiyocoğrafik önemi

    Article • Bulletin Of The Mineral Research and Exploration, November 2019, Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration

    Serdar Mayda

  44. Taking the Orient Express

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  45. Yeni Buluntular Işığında Yalvaç (Isparta/Türkiye) Neojen Devir Omurgalı Fosil Yatakları

    Article • Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Dergisi, October 2019, Suleyman Demirel Universitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakultesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi

    Serdar Mayda

  46. Sabuncubeli too, Bornova, a second micromammal assemblage from the Sabuncubeli section (early Miocene, western Anatolia)

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, September 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Serdar Mayda

  47. Fossil Giraffidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Turolian of Kavakdere (Central Anatolia, Turkey)

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, September 2019, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  48. Reconciling the stratigraphy and depositional history of the Lycian orogen-top basins, SW Anatolia

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  49. A new early Miocene herpetofauna from Kilçak, Turkey

    Article • Russian Journal of Herpetology, July 2019, Folium Publishing Company

    Serdar Mayda

  50. The Revision of Early-Middle Miocene Equidae (Perissodactyla) Records from Turkey

    Article • Antropoloji, June 2019, Antropoloji

    Serdar Mayda

  51. First record of Lartetictis (Carnivora, Mustelidae, Lutrinae) in Turkey from the middle Miocene hominoid locality of Paşalar

    Article • Historical Biology, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Serdar Mayda

  52. A new lophocyonid, Izmirictis cani gen. et sp. nov. (Carnivora: Mammalia), from the lower Miocene of Turkey

    Article • Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, January 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Serdar Mayda

  53. Ruminantia from the middle Miocene of the Gračanica coalmine (Bugojno Basin, Bosnia-Herzegovina)

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, December 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  54. New faunas of small mammals from old Harami mine (early Miocene, Anatolia, Turkey)

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Serdar Mayda

  55. Gördes: a new early Miocene micromammal assemblage from western Anatolia

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Serdar Mayda

  56. First fossil find of the Blanus strauchi complex (Amphisbaenia, Blanidae) from the Miocene of Anatolia

    Article • Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Serdar Mayda

  57. First record of late middle Miocene Moschidae from Turkey: Micromeryx and Hispanomeryx from Catakbağyaka (Muğla, SW Turkey)

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, March 2018, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  58. Comment on “Miocene to Quaternary tectonostratigraphic evolution of the middle section of the Burdur-Fethiye Shear Zone, south-western Turkey: Implications for the wide inter-plate shear zones. Tectonophysics 690, 336–354”

    Article • Tectonophysics, January 2018, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  59. Landscape heterogeneity in the Yatağan Basin (southwestern Turkey) during the middle Miocene inferred from plant macrofossils

    Article • Palaeontographica Abteilung B, December 2017, Schweizerbart

    Serdar Mayda

  60. Discussion on “Neogene-Quaternary evolution of the Tefenni basin on the Fethiye-Burdur fault zone, SW Anatolia-Turkey. Journal of African Earth Science 118, 137–148” by R. Aksoy, S. Aksarı

    Article • Journal of African Earth Sciences, October 2017, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  61. New carnivoran remains from the Late Miocene of Turkey

    Article • PalZ, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  62. Miocene palynofloras of the Tınaz lignite mine, Muğla, southwest Anatolia: Taxonomy, palaeoecology and local vegetation change

    Article • Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, August 2017, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  63. First record of fossil anguines (Squamata; Anguidae) from the Oligocene and Miocene of Turkey

    Article • Swiss Journal of Geosciences, April 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Serdar Mayda

  64. A multiproxy study of the early Pleistocene palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic conditions of an anastomosed fluvial sequence from the Çameli Basin (SW Anatolia, Turkey)

    Article • Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, February 2017, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  65. Aliveri revisited, a biogeographical appraisal of the early Miocene mammals from the eastern Mediterranean

    Article • Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, June 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Pelaez-Campomanes, Serdar Mayda

  66. New carnivore material from the Middle Miocene of Turkey. Implications on biochronology and palaeoecology

    Article • Geobios, January 2015, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  67. A new Early Pleistocene mammalian fauna from Burdur Basin, SW Turkey

    Article • Russian Journal of Theriology, December 2014, KMK Scientific Press

    Serdar Mayda

  68. Dating the Homo erectus bearing travertine from Kocabaş (Denizli, Turkey) at at least 1.1 Ma

    Article • Earth and Planetary Science Letters, March 2014, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  69. Palynofloras and vertebrates from Muǧla-Ören region (SW Turkey) and palaeoclimate of the Middle Burdigalian-Langhian period in Turkey

    Article • Bulletin of Geosciences, January 2014, Czech Geological Survey

    Serdar Mayda

  70. Les grands mammifères du Villafranchien supérieur des travertins du Bassin de Denizli (Sud-Ouest Anatolie, Turquie)

    Article • L Anthropologie, January 2014, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  71. Lower Pleistocene stratigraphy of the Burdur Basin of SW Anatolia

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, January 2013, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  72. Faunal and palaeoenvironmental changes in the Çal Basin, SW Anatolia: Implications for regional stratigraphic correlation of late Cenozoic basins

    Article • Comptes Rendus Géoscience, February 2012, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  73. Şerefköy-2, a new Late Miocene mammal locality from the Yatağan Formation, Muğla, SW Turkey

    Article • Comptes Rendus Palevol, January 2012, Elsevier

    Serdar Mayda

  74. The stratigraphical position of Kemiklitepe fossil locality (Esme, Ussak) revised: Implications for the Late Cenozoic sedimentary basin development and extensional tectonics in western Turkey

    Article • Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen, January 2009, Schweizerbart

    Serdar Mayda