Vatera (F-site)
Basic information
Sample name: Vatera (F-site)
Reference: J. de Vos, J. van der Made, A. Athanassiou, G. Lyras, P. Y. Sondaar, and M. D. Dermitzakis. 2002. Preliminary note on the Late Pliocene fauna from Vatera (Lesvos, Greece). Annales Géologiques de Pays Helléniques 39(A):37-70 [ER 3990]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 39.03° N, 26.19° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Vatera
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Zone: MN17
Geography comments: "at the south part of Lesvos Island" (shown on a map as between Vatera and Vrissa, basis of coordinate) and from "within the upper unit of the Vatera Formation" (Lyras and van der Geer 2007)
thought to be "Late Pliocene" by the original authors and "MN 17 (about 2 Ma)" according to Lyras and van der Geer (2007)
thought to be "Late Pliocene" by the original authors and "MN 17 (about 2 Ma)" according to Lyras and van der Geer (2007)
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: the formation is "fluvial" and "All fossils were found within the sandy clay layers"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,primates,ungulates,birds,turtles
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 63 specimens
Years: 1997 - 1999
Sampling comments: "found following the construction of a track" with "in situ" specimens recovered in 1997, 1998, and 1999, with another excavation in 2000 failing to obtain specimens
Metadata
Sample number: 4405
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-10 22:15:26
Modified: 2023-12-10 11:15:26
Abundance distribution
18 species
10 singletons
total count 63
geometric series index: 50.1
Fisher's α: 8.419
geometric series k: 0.8527
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8794
Shannon's H: 2.4366
Good's u: 0.8413
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Register
| Cheirogaster aff. schafferi | 9 | |
| "Chelonia": see Lyras and van der Geer (2007) | ||
| †Paradolichopithecus arvernensis | 15 | |
| †Nyctereutes megamastoides | 1 | |
| †Meles thorali | 1 | |
| Mustelidae indet. | 1 | |
| otter-sized | ||
| Felidae indet. large | 1 | |
| compared to Lynx issiodorensis and Acinonyx pardinensis | ||
| Felidae indet. small | 1 | |
| compared to "a wild cat" | ||
| Canidae indet. | 1 | |
| †Anancus cf. arvernensis | 1 | |
| †Equus cf. stenonis | 5 | |
| †Metacervoceros cf. rhenanus | 5 | |
| "Dama cf. rhenana" | ||
| †Palaeotragus cf. inexspectatus | 8 | |
| "Mitilanotherium cf. inexpectatum": see Athanassiou (2014) | ||
| †Gazella aegaea | 1 | |
| horn core type A: named by Athanassiou (2002) | ||
| †Gazella cf. bouvrainae | 1 | |
| horn corn type B | ||
| †Gazella aff. borbonica | 4 | |
| horn core type C | ||
| Antilopini indet. | 4 | |
| horn core type D: "possibly neotragine" | ||
| †Gazellospira cf. torticornis | 3 | |
| Leptobos sp. | 1 | |
| compared to this genus | ||