S-3
Basic information
Sample name: S-3
Sample aka: Samos
Reference: C. C. Black, L. Krishtalka, and N. Solounias. 1980. Mammalian fossils of Samos and Pikermi. Part 1. The Turolian rodents and insectivores of Samos. Annals of Carnegie Museum 49(21):359-378 [ER 2419]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 38° 44' N, 27° 55' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Formation: Mytilinii
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN12
Max Ma: 7.454
Min Ma: 7.285
Age basis: paleomag
Geography comments: coordinate based on Mytilinii
the formation "contains abundant tuffs which, according to K-Ar dates of Van Couvering and Miller (1971), are approximately 8.5 Ma old"
S3 has been redated as "late middle Turolian (MN12)" and chron C3Br.2r by Kostopoulos et al. (2003), which is 7.454 to 7.285 Ma based on the time scale of Ogg (2012)
the formation "contains abundant tuffs which, according to K-Ar dates of Van Couvering and Miller (1971), are approximately 8.5 Ma old"
S3 has been redated as "late middle Turolian (MN12)" and chron C3Br.2r by Kostopoulos et al. (2003), which is 7.454 to 7.285 Ma based on the time scale of Ogg (2012)
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: marl
Habitat comments: "unstratified marl"
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Excluded forms: carnivores, ungulates, lizards, turtles
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 50 specimens
Years: 1976
Net or trap nights: 0
kg screened: 3000
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: specimens were collected "from three tons of washed matrix"
counts are of CM and UCM specimens only; additional Samos material from the AMNH and elsewhere is not from this exact locality
additional taxa listed and not described include snails, a turtle, a lizard, egg shells, and carnivores and ungulates
counts are of CM and UCM specimens only; additional Samos material from the AMNH and elsewhere is not from this exact locality
additional taxa listed and not described include snails, a turtle, a lizard, egg shells, and carnivores and ungulates
Metadata
Sample no: 2634
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-21 19:49:38
Modified: 2023-09-11 10:30:17
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
1 singleton
total count 50
geometric series index: 10.3
Fisher's α: 1.78
geometric series k: 0.5641
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4727
Shannon's H: 1.0295
Good's u: 0.9815
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