Yeniköy
Basic information
Sample name: Yeniköy
Reference: A. A. van de Weerd, H. de Bruijn, and W. Wessels. 2023. A small assemblage of early Oligocene rodents and insectivores from the Sivas basin, Turkey. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 103:609-632 [ER 3962]
Geography
Country: Turkey
Coordinate: 39° 6' 59" N, 36° 22' 58" E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Formation: Selimye
Time interval: Early Oligocene
Max Ma: 29.183001
Min Ma: 28.278
Age basis: paleomag
Geography comments: "in the Selimye Formation near Ortaköy"
"in the lower part of chron C10r, with an approximate age of 29 Ma" (29.183 to 28.278 in the time scale of Ogg 2020)
"in the lower part of chron C10r, with an approximate age of 29 Ma" (29.183 to 28.278 in the time scale of Ogg 2020)
Environment
Lithology: not described
Habitat comments: the formation in general includes "Oligocene fluviatile and limnic reddish silty-clays and sandstones" but is thick, and there is no description of the individual site's lithology
Methods
Life forms: rodents
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 59 specimens
Years: 1986, 1987
Sampling comments: "About 700 kg sediment was taken and processed"
insectivores are definitely present but not described
insectivores are definitely present but not described
Metadata
Sample number: 4372
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-09-12 12:44:16
Modified: 2023-09-12 02:44:16
Abundance distribution
5 species
1 singleton
total count 59
extrapolated richness: 7.4
Fisher's α: 1.304
geometric series k: 0.3952
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4755
Shannon's H: 0.9738
Good's u: 0.9831
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Eucricetodon aff. ruber | 41 | |
| inciudes 8 M3s, 9 m3s, and 4 incisors | ||
| Pseudocricetodon sp. | 4 | |
| includes 2 incisors | ||
| Witenia sp. | 1 | |
| compared to: no other teeth than an M2 | ||
| Zorania milosi | 9 | |
| new: includes 1 DP3, 1 DP4, 1 dp4, and 1 plus "several" = 4+ incisors | ||
| Shamosminthus aff. sodovis | 4 | |
| includes 1 m3 and 1 M3 | ||
Current reference:
Lozada et al. 2000 (ER 999)