Kalamotó (KLT)
Basic information
Sample name: Kalamotó (KLT)
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, 23.38° 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 "about 2 Km SW" of Kalamotó "very close to the well-known archaeological site" of Toumbes "in Vasmouras Rema"
there are "three local sites" lettered A, B, and C
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
there are "three local sites" lettered A, B, and C
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: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "reddish-brown-yellowish terrestrial deposits" that are presumably fluvial and shown as "sandstones" in fig. 4
there is no "form of early human modification" at all
there is no "form of early human modification" at all
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,ungulates
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 132 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: 4407
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2023-12-13 20:51:27
Modified: 2023-12-13 10:11:14
Abundance distribution
11 species
3 singletons
total count 132
geometric series index: 18.4
Fisher's α: 2.853
geometric series k: 0.6598
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7045
Shannon's H: 1.6235
Good's u: 0.9774
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| †Pachycrocuta brevirostris | 8 | |
| Canis sp. | 1 | |
| †Equus stenonis | 64 | |
| †Stephanorhinus etruscus | 3 | |
| "Dicerorhinus etruscus" | ||
| †Mammuthus (Archidiskodon) meridionalis | 2 | |
| †Hippopotamus antiquus | 26 | |
| "Hippopotamus amphibius antiquus" | ||
| †Praemegaceros pliotarandoides | 5 | |
| Cervus sp. | 1 | |
| Dama sp. | 13 | |
| Bison (Eobison) sp. | 8 | |
| †Leptobos cf. etruscus | 1 | |