Corakyerler
Basic information
Sample name: Corakyerler

Reference: E. Unay, H. de Bruijn, and F. Suata-Alpaslan. 2006. Rodents from the Upper Miocene Hominoid Locality Corakyerler (Anatolia). Beitråge zur Palåontologie 30:453-467 [ER 2358]
Geography
Country: Turkey


Coordinate: 40° 37' N, 33° 37' E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map

Formation: Tuglu

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN11

Max Ma: 8.11

Min Ma: 7.64

Age basis: paleomag

Geography comments: no geographic details given; coordinate based on map in Kaya et al. (2016)
"we tentatively suggest a correlation with MN11"; confirmed as MN 11 and dated at 8.11 to 7.64 Ma based on magnetostratigraphy by Kaya et al. (2016)

•
Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "fossiliferous nodular marl"

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 115 specimens

Years: 2001, 2002

Sampling comments: "ob­tained by washing the sediments (± 10 tons) from which the large mammals were collected during the field seasons of 2001-2002... Lagomorpha are absent and the Insectivora are represented by one soricid ml only"

Metadata
Sample number: 2529

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-14 14:38:49

Modified: 2023-09-08 11:52:22

Abundance distribution
12 species
3 singletons
total count 115
extrapolated richness: 21.3
Fisher's α: 3.373
geometric series k: 0.6842
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6457
Shannon's H: 1.5651
Good's u: 0.9744
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
• Find matching samples
• Map matching samples
• Extrapolate richness estimates
Register
Hansdebruijnia erksinae65
new
Hansdebruijnia cf. neutrum2
Byzantinia pikermiensis8
Byzantinia aff. hellenicus6
Rhinocerodon sp.2
cf this genus; 2 is a minimum
Allocricetus aylasevimae8
new
Muridae indet.1
Pseudomeriones latidens15
Pliospalax sp.1
cf
Protalactaga aff. major4
Myomimus sp.2
Keramidomys sp.1