Keseköy
Basic information
Sample name: Keseköy
Reference: D. Vasilyan, Z. Rocek, A. Ayvazyan, and L. Claessens. 2019. Fish, amphibian and reptilian faunas from latest Oligocene to middle Miocene localities from Central Turkey. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 99(6):723-757 [ER 4050]
Geography
Country: Turkey
State: Corum
Coordinate: 40.42° N, 32.69° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Time interval: Late Oligocene
Zone: MP30
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "from green-brown, partly laminated clays and marly clays"
"Keseköy a lacustrine environment is characteristic"
"Keseköy a lacustrine environment is characteristic"
Methods
Life forms: fishes,frogs,lizards,snakes
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 534 specimens
Sampling comments: "The studied fossil material has been collected from the fossiliferous horizons by screen washing of the sediment samples and picking the sediment residue. The described material is temporarily stored in the palaeontological collection of the University Utrecht (UU) and will be returned to the General directorate of mineral research and exploration (MTA) in Ankara"
Metadata
Sample number: 4476
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Created: 2024-11-15 20:36:34
Modified: 2024-11-15 20:36:34
Abundance distribution
11 species
3 singletons
total count 534
geometric series index: 16.2
Fisher's α: 1.960
geometric series k: 0.5908
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7425
Shannon's H: 1.5754
Good's u: 0.9944
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
| Barbini indet. | 116 | |
| Cyprinidae indet. | 17 | |
| Teleostei indet. | 145 | |
| Pelobatidae indet. | 1 | |
| Bufonidae indet. | 1 | |
| ? Pseudepidalea sp. | ||
| Latonia sp. | 193 | |
| Palaeobatrachidae indet. | 6 | |
| Lacertidae indet. 1 | 25 | |
| Lacertidae indet. 2 | 24 | |
| Lacertidae indet. 3 | 5 | |
| Serpentes indet. | 1 | |