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, 30° 35' E
Coordinate 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

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

Sampling comments: excavations were during 1989 and 1990
there were attempts to screenwash the sediments, but no satifactory results were obtained

Metadata
Sample number: 4426

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-04 11:00:25

Modified: 2024-11-04 11:00:25

Abundance distribution
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
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
Register
Machairodus aphanistus2
Cremohipparion mediterraneum33
"Hipparion mediterraneum"
Hipparionini indet.4
"Hipparion sp.": small, compared to C. matthewi and H. macedonicum
Ceratotherium neumayri9
Dihoplus pikermiensis1
"Dicerorhinus pikermiensis"
Chilotherium aff. persiae8
Pliohyrax graecus1
Choerolophodon pentelici16
Palaeotragus rouenii12
Samotherium sp.25
questionably referred
Criotherium argalioides24
Majoreas cf. elegans17
"Palaeoreas cf. elegans": see Geraads (2013)
Gazella sp.8
compared to G. gaudryi and G. ancyrensis
Sporadotragus parvidens8
"Protoryx parvidens": see Kostopoulos and Karakutuk (2015)