Kalamotó (KAL)
Basic information
Sample name: Kalamotó (KAL)
Reference: E. Tsoukala and K. Chatzopoulou. 2005. A new early Pleistocene (latest Villafranchian) site with mammals in Kalamotó (Mygdonia Basin, Macedonia, Greece) - preliminary report. Mitteilungender Kommission für Quartårforschung der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften 14:213-233 [ER 3991]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 40.54° N, 23.39° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Platanochori
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Zone: MN20
Max Ma: 1.06
Min Ma: 0.9
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: "Kalamotó village is... 5 km far from Zagliveri - the capital center of the Kalindia Prefecture" and the site is "1 Km south of the Kalamotó village, in the broader archaeological site" called "Chiliodentra"
coordinate estimated from Fig. 1
said to be "latest Villafranchian" and MN20 based on biochronology
MN20 is approximately equivalent to the Jaramillo subchron within the Matuyama chron according to Palombo (2010, Quaternary International), i.e., about 1.06 to 0.90 Ma
coordinate estimated from Fig. 1
said to be "latest Villafranchian" and MN20 based on biochronology
MN20 is approximately equivalent to the Jaramillo subchron within the Matuyama chron according to Palombo (2010, Quaternary International), i.e., about 1.06 to 0.90 Ma
Environment
Lithology: marl
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Habitat comments: "lacustrine deposits, gray marls and silt-sands with mollusks Planorbis sp., Unio sp., etc."
Fig. 3 shows that the fossils come from a marl at the top of the formation
there is no "form of early human modification" at all
Fig. 3 shows that the fossils come from a marl at the top of the formation
there is no "form of early human modification" at all
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 39 specimens
Years: 2000 - 2004
Sampling comments: "fossils were found and collected by the villager Giannis Gakis" in 2000 but there were later "five substantial excavating sessions" spanning 2001 - 2004 at either KAL or KLT or both that were carried out under the direction of Tsoukala
most material was collected in "the stream mainly after raining"
most material was collected in "the stream mainly after raining"
Metadata
Sample number: 4406
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-13 20:44:20
Modified: 2023-12-13 10:11:24
Abundance distribution
9 species
4 singletons
total count 39
geometric series index: 21.6
Fisher's α: 3.668
geometric series k: 0.7071
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7375
Shannon's H: 1.6734
Good's u: 0.8988
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Equus stenonis | 16 | |
| Stephanorhinus etruscus | 2 | |
| "Dicerorhinus etruscus" | ||
| Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) meridionalis | 10 | |
| Hippopotamus antiquus | 1 | |
| "Hippopotamus amphibius antiquus" | ||
| Praemegaceros pliotarandoides | 4 | |
| Cervus sp. | 1 | |
| Dama sp. | 1 | |
| Bison (Eobison) sp. | 3 | |
| Mimomys savini | 1 | |