Çapak
Basic information
Sample name: Çapak
Reference: M. Bilgin, P. Joniak, S. Mayda, F. Göktas, P. Pelâez-Campomanes, and L. W. van den Hoek Ostende. 2021. Micromammals from the late early Miocene of Capak (western Anatolia) herald a time of change. Journal of Paleontology 95(5):1079-1096 [ER 3927]
Geography
Country: Turkey
State: İzmir
Coordinate: 38.250729° N, 27.360947° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Formation: Kocaçay Neogene basin
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: MN4
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: The Çapak locality is situated ~2 km northeast of the village of Çapak, Turkey
Based on the faunal composition the locality has been correlated with the late MN4
Based on the faunal composition the locality has been correlated with the late MN4
Environment
Lithology: lignite
Taphonomic context: lake deposit
Habitat comments: "The Çapak small-mammal fauna was found in the coaly marsh deposits in the lacustrine section"
No summary taphonomic information is given
No summary taphonomic information is given
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry,screenwash
Sample size: 244 specimens
Years: 2015, 2018
Sampling comments: ~2.5 tons of sediment was collected and screenwashed (0.5 mm)
Counts excluded:
Cricetodon sp. - 2
Counts excluded:
Cricetodon sp. - 2
Metadata
Sample number: 4329
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-07-12 10:59:49
Modified: 2023-09-11 10:57:46
Abundance distribution
9 species
3 singletons
total count 244
extrapolated richness: 17.0
Fisher's α: 1.838
geometric series k: 0.5458
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6313
Shannon's H: 1.2199
Good's u: 0.9878
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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