Corakyerler
Basic information
Sample name: Corakyerler

Reference: E. Unay, H. de Bruijn, and F. Suata-Alpaslan. 2006. Rodents from the Upper Miocene Hominoid Locality Corakyerler (Anatolia). Beitråge zur Palåontologie 30:453-467 [ER 2358]
Geography
Country: Turkey



Coordinate: 40° 37' 0" N, 33° 38' 10" E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Formation: Tuglu

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN11

Max Ma: 8.11

Min Ma: 7.64

Age basis: paleomag

Geography comments: exact coordinate is given by Geraads (2013)
"we tentatively suggest a correlation with MN11"; confirmed as MN11 and dated at 8.11 to 7.64 Ma based on magnetostratigraphy by Kaya et al. (2016), although Geraads (2013) favours an MN12 assignment

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: marl

Taphonomic context: lake deposit

Habitat comments: "fossiliferous nodular marl" and according to Geraads (2013) "pale-green mottled marl that forms the lower part of a thick succession of continental red beds interfingering with shallow lake deposits"
"from deposits of a large complex of mud flats, probably representing the distal portion of a large alluvial fan-floodplain interfingering with shallow, ephemeral lakes" (Gulec et al. 2007)

Methods
Life forms: primates,rodents,ungulates

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 208 specimens

Years: 1992, 2001, 2002

Museum: Cankiri Museum

Sampling comments: "ob­tained by washing the sediments (± 10 tons) from which the large mammals were collected during the field seasons of 2001-2002... Lagomorpha are absent and the Insectivora are represented by one soricid ml only"
large mammals were collected by "excavations" starting in 1992 and ending in 2001 (Geraads 2013)
Geraads (2013) does not mention carnivores, but Gulec et al. (2007) list Mustelidae indet.

Metadata
Sample number: 2529

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-14 14:38:49

Modified: 2025-08-27 11:22:01

Abundance distribution
32 species
11 singletons
total count 208
geometric series index: 64.3
Fisher's α: 10.562
geometric series k: 0.8740
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8689
Shannon's H: 2.6625
Good's u: 0.9473
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Hansdebruijnia erksinae65
new
Hansdebruijnia cf. neutrum2
Byzantinia pikermiensis8
Byzantinia aff. hellenicus6
Rhinocerodon sp.2
cf this genus; 2 is a minimum
Allocricetus aylasevimae8
new
Muridae indet.1
Pseudomeriones latidens15
Pliospalax sp.1
cf
Protalactaga aff. major4
Myomimus sp.2
Keramidomys sp.1
Ouranopithecus turkae3
type described by Gulec et al. (2007)
Choerolophodon pentelici3
Acerorhinus sp.7
questionably referred by comparison to A. zernowi: "several" skulls plus "mandibles" and "post-crania" (minimum 7)
Ceratotherium neumayri = †Miodiceros neumayri3
"some" specimens including 2 that are described, so at least 3
Hipparion cf. prostylum17
skull, 13 postcrania, and "some lower tooth-rows", of which 2 are described, so at least 17
Hipparionini indet.2
"Hipparion" in quotes
Microstonyx major = †Hippopotamodon major6
2 skulls and "several other specimens" including 4 measured m3s shown in Fig. 3, so possibly 6
Pliocervus sp.1
Bohlinia cf. attica4
a metacarpal and probably "Some other limb bones", so at least 4
Palaeotragus cf. rouenii1
Palaeotragus cf. quadricornis1
Miotragocerus (Pikermicerus) sp.1
Tragoportax sp.1
questionably
Prostrepsiceros sp.1
compared to
Criotherium sp.1
questionably
Majoreas cf. woodwardi17
"Numerous": more specimens than Oiceros rothi, so at least 17
Gazella sp.1
questionably
Oioceros rothi16
"common": measurements of 16 horn-cores are shown in Fig. 5
Protoryx sp.4
a horn core and "a few dental remains", so at least 4
Plesiaddax inundatus3