Capak
Basic information
Sample name: Capak

Reference: M. Bilgin, P. Joniak, S. Mayda, F. Göktas, P. Pelâez-Campomanes, and L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 2021. Micromammals from the late early Miocene of Capak (western Anatolia) herald a time of change. Journal of Paleontology 95(5):1079-1096 [ER 3927]
Geography
Country: Turkey

State: İzmir


County: Torbalı


Coordinate: 38.250729° N, 27.360947° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Formation: Kocaçay Neogene basin

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN4

Age basis: zone

Geography comments: The Capak locality is situated ~2 km northeast of the village of Capak, Turkey
Based on the faunal composition the locality has been correlated with the late MN4

Environment
Lithology: lignite

Taphonomic context: lake deposit

Habitat comments: "The Çapak small-mammal fauna was found in the coaly marsh deposits in the lacustrine section"
No summary taphonomic information is given

Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash

Sample size: 244 specimens

Years: 2015, 2018

Sampling comments: ~2.5 tons of sediment was collected and screenwashed (0.5 mm)
Counts excluded:
Cricetodon sp. - 2

Metadata
Sample number: 4329

Contributor: Jack Nesbitt

Enterer: Jack Nesbitt

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2023-07-12 10:59:49

Modified: 2024-11-16 23:02:54

Abundance distribution
9 species
3 singletons
total count 244
geometric series index: 17.0
Fisher's α: 1.838
geometric series k: 0.5458
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6313
Shannon's H: 1.2199
Good's u: 0.9878
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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