Chomateri
Basic information
Sample name: Chomateri
Reference: F. Bachmayer, N. Symeonidis, and H. Zapfe. 1982. Die Ausgrabungen in Pikermi-Chomateri bei Athen. - Eine Dokumentation. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 84(A):7-12 [ER 4088]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 38.01° N, 23.96° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN12
Geography comments: "the newly discovered site of Pikermi-Chomateri (of Turolian age), located approximately 2.6 km east of the classical Pikermi site"
the coordinate is estimated from the map in Fig. 1b
assigned to "the middle Turolian (MN12)" by Roussiakis (2009)
the coordinate is estimated from the map in Fig. 1b
assigned to "the middle Turolian (MN12)" by Roussiakis (2009)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Habitat comments: the fossils are from a single 15.6 m long, 0.4 to 0.m thick bedding plane of red clay that is "regarded as a seam washed ashore in a shallow lake basin" and was exposed in an actively mined brickworks
many of the fossils are associated, so counts are of apparent individuals
there is presumed hyaena damage to some of the bones but there are no body fossils of carnivores
many of the fossils are associated, so counts are of apparent individuals
there is presumed hyaena damage to some of the bones but there are no body fossils of carnivores
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 32 specimens
Years: 1971 - 1974, 1979 - 1980
Sampling comments: "The excavations were carried out jointly by the Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (University of Athens) and an Austrian group (Museum of Natural History, Vienna)"
indeterminate bovids are illustrated by Bachmayer et al. (1982) and the bovids are identified in detail by Roussiakis (2009)
indeterminate bovids are illustrated by Bachmayer et al. (1982) and the bovids are identified in detail by Roussiakis (2009)
Metadata
Sample number: 4515
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-22 11:27:39
Modified: 2024-11-22 11:27:39
Abundance distribution
13 species
8 singletons
total count 32
geometric series index: 51.6
Fisher's α: 8.155
geometric series k: 0.8254
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8145
Shannon's H: 2.0964
Good's u: 0.7559
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Register
| Hipparion cf. mediterraneum = †Cremohipparion cf. mediterraneum | 10 | |
| Microstonyx major = †Hippopotamodon major | 2 | |
| Pliocervus pentelici = Cervidae indet. | 1 | |
| Diceros cf. pachygnathus = †Ceratotherium cf. neumayri | 1 | |
| plus indeterminate rhinocerotid postcrania | ||
| †Chalicotherium goldfussi | 1 | |
| Mammutidae indet. | 2 | |
| "Mastodonide" | ||
| Giraffidae indet. | 1 | |
| ? | ||
| †Hystrix primigenia | 1 | |
| †Prostrepsiceros rotundicornis | 1 | |
| †Protragelaphus skouzesi | 8 | |
| †Miotragocerus valenciennesi | 1 | |
| †Gazella capricornis | 2 | |
| presumably includes two specimens of Gazella cf. gaudryi shown by Bachmayer et al. | ||
| †Palaeoreas lindermayeri | 1 | |