Novokhopersk-2
Basic information
Sample name: Novokhopersk-2
Sample aka: Bed D6
Reference: A. K. Agadjanian and P. E. Kondrashov. 2011. Early middle Pleistocene mammalian and molluscan assemblages from the Novokhopersk locality (Don River basin, Russia). Quaternary International 231:10-21 [ER 3910]
Geography
Country: Russia
State: Voronezh Oblast
Coordinate: 51.099998° N, 41.616669° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Formation: Tiraspolian Faunistic complex
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.78
Min Ma: 0.533
Age basis: other
Geography comments: The Novokhopersk locality is situated 1.2 km North of the city of Novokhopersk, next to the Khoper River, Voronezh region, Eastern Russia
The Novokhopersk locality has been dated to the "Tiraspolian Faunistic complex" which has been established between 0.780 - 0.533 Ma
The Novokhopersk locality has been dated to the "Tiraspolian Faunistic complex" which has been established between 0.780 - 0.533 Ma
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: Bed D6 is comprised of fine-medium-grained, light-yellow sand
Bed D6 is part of the ancient alluvial deposits around this section of the Khoper River and seems to have been deposited by a rapid current close to the bank of the river
The rapid current may have washed out the faunal remains and deposited them downstream
Bed D6 is part of the ancient alluvial deposits around this section of the Khoper River and seems to have been deposited by a rapid current close to the bank of the river
The rapid current may have washed out the faunal remains and deposited them downstream
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 242 specimens
Sampling comments: 559 small mammal remains were recovered from Novokhopersk-2
Faunal remains were recovered via screenwashing with sieves of a 1 mm mesh size
Counts excluded:
Mimomys sp. - 17
Prolagurus sp. - 68
Microtus sp. - 227
Microtus problematicus (unclear taxonomy) - 5
Faunal remains were recovered via screenwashing with sieves of a 1 mm mesh size
Counts excluded:
Mimomys sp. - 17
Prolagurus sp. - 68
Microtus sp. - 227
Microtus problematicus (unclear taxonomy) - 5
Metadata
Sample number: 4300
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-21 10:53:58
Modified: 2023-06-21 01:29:34
Abundance distribution
17 species
3 singletons
total count 242
geometric series index: 24.0
Fisher's α: 4.168
geometric series k: 0.7841
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8710
Shannon's H: 2.3053
Good's u: 0.9876
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Sorex sp. | 4 | |
| Ochotona sp. | 5 | |
| Leporinae gen. | 1 | |
| Spermophilus sp. | 12 | |
| Cricetus sp. | 4 | |
| Myodes sp. | 6 | |
| "Clethrionomys sp." | ||
| †Mimomys pusillus | 24 | |
| †Mimomys intermedius | 9 | |
| Prolagurus pannonicus | 2 | |
| Prolagurus posterius | 37 | |
| Eolagurus simplicidens | 13 | |
| Microtus (Terricola) spp. | 47 | |
| "Terricola spp." | ||
| Alexandromys oeconomus | 21 | 36.5 g |
| "Microtus oeconomus" | ||
| Alexandromys cf. middendorffi | 49 | |
| "Microtus cf. hyperboreus" | ||
| †Microtus arvalinus | 6 | |
| Stenocranius gregalis | 1 | |
| "Microtus (Stenocranius) gregalis" | ||
| Spalax sp. | 1 | |