Calta
Basic information
Sample name: Calta
Reference: S. Sen. 1977. First study of a Pliocene rodent fauna from Anatolia. Bulletin of the Mineral Research and Exploration 89:84-89 [ER 2363]
Geography
Country: Turkey
Coordinate: 40.25° N, 32.54° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Early Pliocene
Zone: MN15
Geography comments: "NW of Ankara" (coordinate based on Calta)
"Upper Ruscinian" (i.e., MN15)
"Upper Ruscinian" (i.e., MN15)
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: mudstone
Taphonomic context: overbank deposit,paleosol
Habitat comments: from the Fm facies of Lunkka et al. (1998), which consists of "massive, often calcareous mudstones that are slightly silicified in places" including episodic "horizons with typical pedogenic features" that are interpreted "as overbank deposits laid down in a floodplain environment with moderate pedogenic alteration": the fossils are within a paleosol horizon (their Fig. 3)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals,birds
Sample size: 777 specimens
Museum: MNHN, Paris
Sampling comments: collecting methods are not discussed
the total fauna also includes "two species of continental gastropods, three species of Amphibia, ten species of Reptilia" that are not described by Sen (1977, 1998) or accompanying 1998 publications on Calta
the material is in the MNHN, Paris
the total fauna also includes "two species of continental gastropods, three species of Amphibia, ten species of Reptilia" that are not described by Sen (1977, 1998) or accompanying 1998 publications on Calta
the material is in the MNHN, Paris
Metadata
Sample number: 2536
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-14 19:55:02
Modified: 2024-11-15 11:11:41
Abundance distribution
31 species
2 singletons
total count 777
geometric series index: 37.9
Fisher's α: 6.461
geometric series k: 0.8373
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8684
Shannon's H: 2.5737
Good's u: 0.9974
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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