Beydere 3
Basic information
Sample name: Beydere 3
Reference: M. Bilgin, P. Joniak, P. P. Campomanes, F. Göktas, S. Mayda, C. Lorinser, J. Wijbrans, T. Kaya, and L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 2023. Beydere 3: a new early Miocene small mammal assemblage from western Anatolia, Turkey. Historical Biology 35(7):1092-1111 [ER 3928]
Geography
Country: Turkey
State: Manisa
Coordinate: 38.682957° N, 27.264252° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Formation: Soma Formation
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: MN3
Ma: 18.209999
Age basis: Ar-Ar
Geography comments: The locality is situated just over 1 km east of Beydere village, Western Anatolia, Turkey
Based on faunal composition it has been correlated with MN3
The overlying section was dated using Ar-Ar dating to 18.21 +/- 0.19 Ma
Based on faunal composition it has been correlated with MN3
The overlying section was dated using Ar-Ar dating to 18.21 +/- 0.19 Ma
Environment
Lithology: mudstone
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Habitat comments: "calcareous mudstone levels containing dense gastropod shell fragments and tuffogenes"
The presence of a beaver indicates a relatively wet palaeoenvironment
The presence of a beaver indicates a relatively wet palaeoenvironment
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 222 specimens
Years: 2015, 2018
Sampling comments: ~1.5 tons of sediment was screenwashed (mesh size 0.5 mm)
Counts excluded:
Eumyarion sp. - 11
Counts excluded:
Eumyarion sp. - 11
Metadata
Sample number: 4330
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-07-12 14:50:10
Modified: 2023-09-11 10:57:59
Abundance distribution
12 species
1 singleton
total count 222
extrapolated richness: 15.5
Fisher's α: 2.718
geometric series k: 0.6746
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8062
Shannon's H: 1.9258
Good's u: 0.9955
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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