Pasakoy
Basic information
Sample name: Pasakoy
Reference: E. Unay-Bayraktar. 1989. Rodents from the Middle Oligocene of Turkish Thrace. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins, Special Publication 5:1-119 [ER 2386]
Geography
Country: Turkey
Coordinate: 40° 54' N, 26° 54' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Formation: Lignite-Sandstone
Time interval: Early Oligocene
Zone: MP25
Geography comments: "just west of the village of Ahmetpasa" apparently very close to Malkara (basis of coordinate)
presumably MP25 based on the age of Kocayarma
the entire formation was "deposited during some one to two million years"
presumably MP25 based on the age of Kocayarma
the entire formation was "deposited during some one to two million years"
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "from material taken from the dump of a lignite mine" (lithology unclear)
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 32 specimens
Sampling comments: "The mesh of the finest sieve used is 0.5 mm...The approximate weight of the matrix washed" was "900 kg"
"The insectivores which occur associated with the rodents will not be dealt with in this paper"
"The insectivores which occur associated with the rodents will not be dealt with in this paper"
Metadata
Sample number: 2570
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-17 15:07:57
Modified: 2023-09-08 12:00:33
Abundance distribution
7 species
3 singletons
total count 32
geometric series index: 16.6
Fisher's α: 2.765
geometric series k: 0.6070
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5665
Shannon's H: 1.2844
Good's u: 0.9062
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