Silata
Basic information
Sample name: Silata
Reference: K. V. Vasileiadou, G. D. Koufos, and G. E. Syrides. 2003. Silata, a new locality with micromammals from the Miocene/Pliocene boundary of the Chalkidiki peninsula, Macedonia, Greece. In Distribution and Migration of Tertiary Mammals in Eurasia (eds. J. W. F. Reumer, W. Wessels), pp. [ER 2362]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 40° 20' N, 23° 8' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Formation: Gonia
Time interval: Early Pliocene
Zone: MN13
Ma: 5
Geography comments: "1.5 km NE of the Nea Silata village" (coordinate based on Nea Silata)
"The sediments belong to the Silata Mb of the Gonia Fm... a Latest Turolian/Earliest Ruscinian age is very possible" (meaning MN13 or MN14)
assigned both to "the end of MN13" (earliest Pliocene) and near the Miocene/Pliocene boundary by Koufos (2006)
"The sediments belong to the Silata Mb of the Gonia Fm... a Latest Turolian/Earliest Ruscinian age is very possible" (meaning MN13 or MN14)
assigned both to "the end of MN13" (earliest Pliocene) and near the Miocene/Pliocene boundary by Koufos (2006)
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: claystone
Habitat comments: "The micromammals originate from two horizons, bed 2 (silts-clays) and bed 3 (clayey-marly sands). Both horizons contain, except for the micromammals, fragments of teeth and bones from large mammals, reptiles (Testudo fragments), a lot of fresh-water mollusks and opercula of Gastropods"
Methods
Life forms: bats,carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sample size: 716 specimens
Sampling comments: collecting methods are not discussed
the faunal list is complete for small mammals (Vasileiadou et al. 2003) and large mammals (Koufos 2006)
however, "several dental fragments" of Rhinocerotidae indet. are also mentioned
the faunal list is complete for small mammals (Vasileiadou et al. 2003) and large mammals (Koufos 2006)
however, "several dental fragments" of Rhinocerotidae indet. are also mentioned
Metadata
Sample number: 2535
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-14 19:29:29
Modified: 2024-10-26 10:38:58
Abundance distribution
23 species
6 singletons
total count 716
geometric series index: 36.8
Fisher's α: 4.539
geometric series k: 0.7705
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7415
Shannon's H: 1.8442
Good's u: 0.9916
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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