Akkasdagi
Basic information
Sample name: Akkasdagi
Reference: A. M. F. Valli. 2005. Taphonomy of the late Miocene mammal locality of Akkasdagi, Turkey. Geodiversitas 27(4):793-808 [ER 2335]
Geography
Country: Turkey
Coordinate: 39° 21' N, 33° 43' E
Coordinate basis: based on nearby landmark
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN12
Ma: 7.185
Geography comments: a few km north of Kaman "1 km SSW of Ceritkale village" (Seyitoglu et al. 2005) (coordinate based on Kaman)
"MN 12, middle Turolian" and compared with Samos S3, dated at between 7.28 and 9.09 Ma, by Kazanci et al. (1999)
"MN 12, middle Turolian" and compared with Samos S3, dated at between 7.28 and 9.09 Ma, by Kazanci et al. (1999)
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Habitat comments: "tuff mixed with some clastic elements" produced by "pyroclastic" flows (Kazanci et al. 1999)
Methods
Life forms: ungulates,other large mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 1066 specimens
Years: 2000, 2001
Sampling comments: indeterminate carnivorans are also present
Metadata
Sample number: 2495
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-12 14:19:27
Modified: 2017-02-17 02:42:29
Abundance distribution
23 species
2 singletons
total count 1066
geometric series index: 27.9
Fisher's α: 4.141
geometric series k: 0.7832
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8767
Shannon's H: 2.3650
Good's u: 0.9981
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Register
| Orycteropus sp. | 7 | |
| Microstonyx major | 56 | |
| Palaeotragus rouenii | 8 | |
| Helladotherium sp. | 13 | |
| Samotherium sp. | 6 | |
| Gazella cf. capricornis | 88 | |
| Gazella aff. pilgrimi | 9 | |
| Prostrepsiceros rotundicornis | 45 | |
| Protoryx laticeps | 41 | |
| Miotragoceros valenciennesi | 7 | |
| Tragoportax aff. gaudryi | 3 | |
| Palaeoryx majori | 7 | |
| Ancylotherium pentelicum | 5 | |
| Ceratotherium neumayri | 95 | |
| Dihoplus pikermiensis | 5 | |
| "Stephanorhinus pikermiensis" | ||
| Chilotherium sp. | 1 | |
| Acerhorhinus sp. | 6 | |
| Hippotherium brachypus | 94 | |
| "Hipparion brachypus" | ||
| Plesiohipparion cf. longipes | 154 | |
| "Hipparion cf. longipes" | ||
| Hipparion dietrichi | 191 | |
| Cremohipparion moldavicum | 216 | |
| "Hipparion moldavicum" | ||
| Choerolophodon pentelici | 8 | |
| Zygolophodon sp. | 1 | |