Çandır
Basic information
Sample name: Çandır
Reference: D. Vasilyan, Z. Rocek, A. Ayvazyan, and L. Claessens. 2019. Fish, amphibian and reptilian faunas from latest Oligocene to middle Miocene localities from Central Turkey. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 99(6):723-757 [ER 4050]
Geography
Country: Turkey
State: Corum
Coordinate: 40.26° N, 33.47° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Oligocene
Zone: MP30
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: lake deposit,paleosol
Habitat comments: "The fossil fauna of Çandır is yielded from reddish silts (Krijgsman 2003) that likely represent pedogenically modified package of the coastal lagoons or lake margins"
Methods
Life forms: other reptiles,frogs,lizards
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 45 specimens
Museum: University Utrecht
Sampling comments: "The studied fossil material has been collected from the fossiliferous horizons by screen washing of the sediment samples and picking the sediment residue. The described material is temporarily stored in the palaeontological collection of the University Utrecht (UU) and will be returned to the General directorate of mineral research and exploration (MTA) in Ankara"
Metadata
Sample number: 4474
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-15 20:35:56
Modified: 2024-11-16 22:53:40
Abundance distribution
8 species
5 singletons
total count 45
geometric series index: 24.3
Fisher's α: 2.829
geometric series k: 0.6390
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6369
Shannon's H: 1.3399
Good's u: 0.8889
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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