Kemiklitepe (KTD)
Basic information
Sample name: Kemiklitepe (KTD)
Reference: S. Sen, L. de Bonis, N. Dalfes, D. Geraads, and G. Koufos. 1994. Les gisements de mammifères du Miocène supérieur de Kemiklitepe, Turquie: 1. Stratigraphie et magnétostratigraphie. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 16(1):5-17 [ER 4011]
Geography
Country: Turkey
Coordinate: 38° 20' N, 31° 35' E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Formation: Ahmetler
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN11
Section: Kemiklitepe
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 8.125
Min Ma: 7.701
Age basis: paleomag
Geography comments: in the "département d'Usak" about 1.5 km south of Karacaahmet
from the Balciklidere Member of the Ahmetler Formation, which is predominantly fluviatile and includes "sédiments allant des conglomérats à des calcaires"
the Kemiklitepe section includes two fossiliferous levels: KTD in the lower, KTA and KTB in the upper
the authors attribute KTD to MN11 and KTA/B to MN12 or MN13, but Kostopoulos (2009, Palaeo3 274:82-95) assigns KTA/B to MN12
the section spans five magnetozones, two reversed zones being embedded (Fig. 5)
the five are interpreted as spanning C4n.2 through C3Bn on the basis of biochronology
Kostopoulos (2009) interprets the zones as C4n.2 (KTD) through C3Br.n2 (KTA/B)
based on Ogg (2020), these are respectively 8.125 to 7.701 Ma and 7.499 to 7.456 Ma
from the Balciklidere Member of the Ahmetler Formation, which is predominantly fluviatile and includes "sédiments allant des conglomérats à des calcaires"
the Kemiklitepe section includes two fossiliferous levels: KTD in the lower, KTA and KTB in the upper
the authors attribute KTD to MN11 and KTA/B to MN12 or MN13, but Kostopoulos (2009, Palaeo3 274:82-95) assigns KTA/B to MN12
the section spans five magnetozones, two reversed zones being embedded (Fig. 5)
the five are interpreted as spanning C4n.2 through C3Bn on the basis of biochronology
Kostopoulos (2009) interprets the zones as C4n.2 (KTD) through C3Br.n2 (KTA/B)
based on Ogg (2020), these are respectively 8.125 to 7.701 Ma and 7.499 to 7.456 Ma
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: KTD is in "un sable fin beige-bris, très peux argileux" with bones that are well-preserved and "parfois en connexion"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, other large mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 168 specimens
Years: 1989, 1990
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: excavations were during 1989 and 1990
there were attempts to screenwash the sediments, but no satifactory results were obtained
there were attempts to screenwash the sediments, but no satifactory results were obtained
Metadata
Sample no: 4426
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-04 11:00:25
Modified: 2024-11-04 11:00:25
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
14 species
2 singletons
total count 168
geometric series index: 18.8
Fisher's α: 3.631
geometric series k: 0.7642
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8833
Shannon's H: 2.3199
Good's u: 0.9882
Register
| †Machairodus aphanistus (saber-toothed cat) | 2 | |
| †Cremohipparion mediterraneum (horse) | 33 | |
| "Hipparion mediterraneum" | ||
| Hipparionini indet. | 4 | |
| "Hipparion sp.": small, compared to C. matthewi and H. macedonicum | ||
| Ceratotherium neumayri = †Miodiceros neumayri (rhinoceros) | 9 | |
| †Dihoplus pikermiensis (rhinoceros) | 1 | |
| "Dicerorhinus pikermiensis" | ||
| †Chilotherium aff. persiae (rhinoceros) | 8 | |
| †Pliohyrax graecus | 1 | |
| †Choerolophodon pentelici | 16 | |
| †Palaeotragus rouenii | 12 | |
| Samotherium sp. | 25 | |
| questionably referred | ||
| †Criotherium argalioides | 24 | |
| †Majoreas cf. elegans | 17 | |
| "Palaeoreas cf. elegans": see Geraads (2013) | ||
| Gazella sp. | 8 | |
| compared to G. gaudryi and G. ancyrensis | ||
| †Sporadotragus parvidens | 8 | |
| "Protoryx parvidens": see Kostopoulos and Karakutuk (2015) | ||