Pikermi
Basic information
Sample name: Pikermi
Reference: G. L. Georgalis. 2019. Poor but classic: The squamate fauna from the late Miocene of Pikermi, near Athens, Greece. Comptes Rendus Palevol 18:801-815 [ER 4048]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 38° N, 23.94° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Pikermi
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN12
Max Ma: 7.17
Min Ma: 7.11
Geography comments: "a fossil locality, situated only few kilometres away from Athens"
said to be 7.17 to 7.11 Ma (method not stated)
said to be 7.17 to 7.11 Ma (method not stated)
Environment
Lithology: siltstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: Lithology is not directly mentioned but Bohme et al. (2017) is referenced
Methods
Life forms: lizards,snakes
Sample size: 13 specimens
Sampling comments: "The large dorsal vertebra of Varanus described by Gaudry (1862a, 1862b, 1862–1867) is permanently curated at the collections of MNHN, under the collection number MNHN.F.PIK 3715... The rest of the herein described material of lizards and snakes from Pikermi is permanently curated at the collections of UU."
Metadata
Sample number: 4465
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-14 09:31:49
Modified: 2024-11-15 03:25:31
Abundance distribution
6 species
2 singletons
total count 13
geometric series index: 14.9
Fisher's α: 4.322
geometric series k: 0.7579
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7756
Shannon's H: 1.6716
Good's u: 0.8681
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Register
| Lacertidae indet. | 4 | |
| Anguinae indet. | 1 | |
| ?Anguinae | ||
| Varanus sp. | 2 | |
| Erycinae indet. | 1 | |
| ?Erycinae | ||
| Colubridae indet. | 3 | |
| Squamata indet. | 2 | |