Golbasi
Basic information
Sample name: Golbasi
Reference: F. Suata-Alpaslan. 2011. Paleoenvironment and age of the Middle Pleistocene site of Golbasi (near Adiyaman, southeastern Turkey): a reconstruction based on rodents. Eurasian Journal of Anthropology 2(1):48-53 [ER 2369]
Geography
Country: Turkey
Coordinate: 39° 48' N, 32° 48' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.7
Min Ma: 0.6
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "about 70 km west of the town Adiyaman" (coordinate based on Golbasi)
"Tentatively we can assume a similar age of 600-700 ka for Golbasi, in any case it is early Middle Pleistocene"
"Tentatively we can assume a similar age of 600-700 ka for Golbasi, in any case it is early Middle Pleistocene"
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: marl
Habitat comments: "green lacustrine marls interbedded with lignite deposits"
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 59 specimens
Years: 2004, 2005
Sampling comments: "Small mammal remains were collected by screen washing with mesh sizes down to 0.5 mm"
taxa other than rodents are not discussed
taxa other than rodents are not discussed
Metadata
Sample number: 2547
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-15 11:56:22
Modified: 2023-04-13 11:44:36
Abundance distribution
9 species
1 singleton
total count 59
geometric series index: 12.1
Fisher's α: 2.959
geometric series k: 0.7257
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8530
Shannon's H: 2.0385
Good's u: 0.9831
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
• Find matching samples
Register
| Mesocricetus auratus | 7 | |
| Cricetulus sp. | 5 | |
| Apodemus mystacinus | 13 | |
| Apodemus flavicollis | 11 | |
| Microtus guentheri | 9 | |
| Microtus sp. | 4 | |
| Mimomys sp. | 5 | |
| Arvicola sp. | 4 | |
| "or juvenile individuals of Mimomys" | ||
| Lagurini indet. | 1 | |