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A 66-million-year-old gastropod fossil was found at Ankara’s Külhöyük excavation
Ersoy announced that a gastropod fossil dating back 66 million years and believed to have lived on the shores of the Tethys Sea was found at the Külhöyük excavation in Ankara. The fossil is thought to have been brought to the settlement by Külhöyük’s inhabitants thousands of years ago.
A gastropod fossil that lived on the shores of the Tethys Sea 66 million years ago was found at the Külhöyük excavation in Ankara.
Ersoy said in a statement that the fossil is thought to date from the final stages of the Tethys Sea, which covered Central Anatolia. The fossil was identified as belonging to a gastropod snail.
The fossil is thought to have been brought to Külhöyük
The fossil uncovered at Külhöyük, a Hattian and Hittite city dating back approximately 5,000 years, is thought to have been brought there by the settlement’s inhabitants thousands of years ago.
This possibility has opened a new line of research into how a natural formation millions of years old reached the living area of Külhöyük’s inhabitants in much later periods.
Excavations have continued since 2021
Archaeological excavations at Külhöyük have been carried out under Presidential Decision Excavation status since 2021. The work is being conducted on behalf of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Ankara University under the direction of Associate Professor Derya Yılmaz Tekin.
Earlier, the oldest known seed remains of the Love Flower had been discovered in a 4,000-year-old Hittite vessel at Külhöyük. The new fossil find has provided data on traces of Ankara’s natural history extending back millions of years.
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