Zhukovskoe (Bed 6)
Basic information
Sample name: Zhukovskoe (Bed 6)
Reference: A. P. Derevyanko, K. A. Amirkhanov, M. V. Shun'kov, A. K. Agadjanian, and V. A. Ul'yanov. 2010. New Locality of Pliocene Faunal Remains and Lower Paleolithic in Ciscaucasia. Doklady Earth Sciences 434(1):1152-1155 [ER 3913]
Geography
Country: Russia
State: Stavropol
County: Novoselitsky
Coordinate: 44.770668° N, 43.164612° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Pliocene
Unit number: 6
Unit order: above to below
Ma: 2
Age basis: other
Geography comments: "Situated in the near-summit part of a dry ravine, which crosses the right slope of the Tomuzlovka River valley 0.5 km east of the Hamlet of Zhukovskii"
The faunal remains suggest an age of at least Late Pliocene (~ 2 Ma)
The faunal remains suggest an age of at least Late Pliocene (~ 2 Ma)
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: Bed 6 is comprised of "light gray well-sorted slightly cemented thin-bedded sands with intercalations of a fine-grained and low clay admixture"
It should be noted that Paleolithic stone tools were recovered from BED 7
It should be noted that Paleolithic stone tools were recovered from BED 7
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals,other reptiles,frogs
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 30 specimens
Sampling comments: "Washing of sandy sediments...yielded bone remains of small vertebrates belonging to 13 taxa"
A marine mollusc was found with no counts included
Counts excluded:
Promimomys sp. (small form) - 2
Promimomys sp. - 4
Rodentia indet. /"Rodentia gen." - 1
Leporinae indet. /"Leporinae gen." - 4
A marine mollusc was found with no counts included
Counts excluded:
Promimomys sp. (small form) - 2
Promimomys sp. - 4
Rodentia indet. /"Rodentia gen." - 1
Leporinae indet. /"Leporinae gen." - 4
Metadata
Sample number: 4314
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-26 12:53:28
Modified: 2023-06-26 02:59:17
Abundance distribution
9 species
3 singletons
total count 30
geometric series index: 20.0
Fisher's α: 4.359
geometric series k: 0.7598
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8069
Shannon's H: 1.8867
Good's u: 0.9065
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Register
| Blarinoides sp. | 2 | |
| Sorex (Drepanosorex) sp. | 1 | |
| questionably assigned "Drepanosorex sp." | ||
| †Talpa minor | 9 | |
| Miopetaurista sp. | 1 | |
| †Promimomys baschkirica | 6 | |
| Mimomys sp. | 6 | |
| Pliolagus sp. | 1 | |
| Reptilia indet. | 2 | |
| Anura indet. | 2 | |
| "Amphibia (Anura)" | ||