Malyi Kalkaman 1
Basic information
Sample name: Malyi Kalkaman 1

Reference: M. Ivanov, D. Vasilyan, M. Böhme, and V. S. Zazhigin. 2019. Miocene snakes from northeastern Kazakhstan: new data on the evolution of snake assemblages in Siberia. Historical Biology 31(10):1284-1303 [ER 4047]
Geography
Country: Kazakhstan

State: Pavlodar



Coordinate: 52.05° N, 76.51° E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN7/8

Max Ma: 13

Min Ma: 12

Geography comments: "These localities are situated in the Pavlodar District near the western margin of Malyi Kalkaman Lake close to the village of Solvetka"
within the Kalkaman Svita

Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: "This fossiliferous layer is located in the upper part of the section and composed of sands with pebbles"

Methods
Life forms: snakes

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 17 specimens

Years: 1980, 1987, 2001

Sampling comments: "The fossil material of snakes of the Malyi Kalkaman 1 and 2 localities comes from excavations from 1980, 1987 and 2001, and of the Baikadam locality from 1989 and 2001. All the material of small vertebrates was obtained by screen-washing"v

Metadata
Sample number: 4464

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Nicholas Vine

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-14 08:40:31

Modified: 2024-11-15 03:17:31

Abundance distribution
4 species
2 singletons
total count 17
geometric series index: 9.2
Fisher's α: 1.649
geometric series k: 0.5000
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5772
Shannon's H: 1.0534
Good's u: 0.8824
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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