Akkasdagi
Basic information
Sample name: Akkasdagi

Reference: A. M. F. Valli. 2005. Taphonomy of the late Miocene mammal locality of Akkasdagi, Turkey. Geodiversitas 27(4):793-808 [ER 2335]
Geography
Country: Turkey

Coordinate: 39° 21' N, 34° 43' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN12

Ma: 7.185

Geography comments: a few km north of Kaman "1 km SSW of Ceritkale village" (Seyitoglu et al. 2005) (coordinate based on Kaman)
"MN 12, middle Turolian" and compared with Samos S3, dated at between 7.28 and 9.09 Ma, by Kazanci et al. (1999)

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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "tuff mixed with some clastic elements" produced by "pyroclastic" flows (Kazanci et al. 1999)

Methods
Life forms: ungulates, other large mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 1066 specimens

Years: 2000, 2001

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: indeterminate carnivorans are also present

Metadata
Sample no: 2495

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-12 14:19:27

Modified: 2017-02-17 02:42:29

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
2 singletons
total count 1066
geometric series index: 27.9
Fisher's α: 4.141
geometric series k: 0.7832
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8767
Shannon's H: 2.365
Good's u: 0.9981
Register
Orycteropus sp. 7
†Hippopotamodon major (pig)56
"Microstonyx major"
†Palaeotragus rouenii 8
Helladotherium sp. 13
Samotherium sp. 6
†Gazella cf. capricornis (gazelle)88
†Gazella aff. pilgrimi (gazelle)9
†Prostrepsiceros rotundicornis 45
†Protoryx laticeps 41
Miotragoceros valenciennesi = †Miotragocerus valenciennesi 7
†Miotragocerus aff. gaudryi 3
"Tragoportax aff. gaudryi"
†Palaeoryx majori 7
†Ancylotherium pentelicum 5
Ceratotherium neumayri = †Miodiceros neumayri (rhinoceros)95
†Dihoplus pikermiensis (rhinoceros)5
"Stephanorhinus pikermiensis"
Chilotherium sp. 1
Acerhorhinus sp. 6
†Hippotherium brachypus (horse)94
"Hipparion brachypus"
†Plesiohipparion cf. longipes (horse)154
"Hipparion cf. longipes"
†Hipparion prostylum (horse)191
†Cremohipparion moldavicum (horse)216
"Hipparion moldavicum"
†Choerolophodon pentelici 8
Zygolophodon sp. 1