Kemiklitepe (KTA)
Basic information
Sample name: Kemiklitepe (KTA)
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
Section: Kemiklitepe
Unit number: 2
Unit order: below to above
Max Ma: 7.499
Min Ma: 7.456
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: marl
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: KTA and KTB are in "marnes beige-rose plus ou moins consolidés" with bones that are "fréquemment en connexion" and sometimes demonstrate "l'action des prédateurs, comme des traces de crocs ou des parties rongées"
however, there is no clear interpretation of the assemblages as being carnivore accumulations per se
however, there is no clear interpretation of the assemblages as being carnivore accumulations per se
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other large mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 148 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
there were attempts to screenwash the sediments, but no satifactory results were obtained
Metadata
Sample number: 4424
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-04 10:44:14
Modified: 2024-11-05 04:51:29
Abundance distribution
17 species
1 singleton
total count 148
geometric series index: 24.4
Fisher's α: 4.957
geometric series k: 0.7941
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8660
Shannon's H: 2.3371
Good's u: 0.9937
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Register
| †Hyaenictitherium wongii | 1 | |
| "Hyaenotherium wongii": see Kargopoulos et al. (2023) | ||
| Indarctos sp. | 2 | |
| questionably referred | ||
| †Cremohipparion mediterraneum | 16 | |
| "Hipparion mediterraneum" | ||
| †Cremohipparion matthewi | 40 | |
| "Hipparion matthewi" | ||
| Cremohipparion sp. | 20 | |
| large "Hipparion sp." compared to H. proboscideum | ||
| †Ceratotherium neumayri | 6 | |
| †Hystrix primigenia | 3 | |
| †Pliohyrax graecus | 4 | |
| †Choerolophodon pentelici pentelici | 3 | |
| †Palaeotragus rouenii | 2 | |
| †Samotherium major | 16 | |
| Palaeoryx sp. | 5 | |
| questionably referred | ||
| †Skoufotragus laticeps | 12 | |
| "Protoryx laticeps" | ||
| †Paraoioceros ? wegneri | 2 | |
| "Oioceros ? wegneri": see Kostopoulos (2012) | ||
| Gazella sp. | 12 | |
| compared to G. deperdita | ||
| Bovidae indet. 1 | 2 | |
| large | ||
| Bovidae indet. 2 | 2 | |
| medium | ||