Yeniköy
Basic information
Sample name: Yeniköy

Reference: A. A. van de Weerd, H. de Bruijn, and W. Wessels. 2023. A small assemblage of early Oligocene rodents and insectivores from the Sivas basin, Turkey. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 103:609-632 [ER 3962]
Geography
Country: Turkey

Coordinate: 39° 7' 59" N, 36° 23' 58" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Formation: Selimye

Time interval: Early Oligocene

Max Ma: 29.183001

Min Ma: 28.278

Age basis: paleomag

Geography comments: "in the Selimye Formation near Ortaköy"
"in the lower part of chron C10r, with an approximate age of 29 Ma" (29.183 to 28.278 in the time scale of Ogg 2020)

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Environment
Lithology: not described

Habitat comments: the formation in general includes "Oligocene fluviatile and limnic reddish silty-clays and sandstones" but is thick, and there is no description of the individual site's lithology

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Excluded forms: other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 57 specimens

Years: 1986, 1987

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 700

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "About 700 kg sediment was taken and processed"
insectivores are definitely present but not described

Metadata
Sample no: 4372

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-09-12 12:44:16

Modified: 2023-09-12 02:44:16

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
1 singleton
total count 57
geometric series index: 7.5
Fisher's α: 1.32
geometric series k: 0.5589
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.4477
Shannon's H: 0.9383
Good's u: 0.9825
Register
†Eucricetodon aff. ruber 41
inciudes 8 M3s, 9 m3s, and 4 incisors
Pseudocricetodon sp. 4
includes 2 incisors
Witenia sp. 1
compared to: no other teeth than an M2
†Zorania milosi 7
new: includes 1 DP3, 1 DP4, 1 dp4, and 1 plus "several" = 3+ incisors
†Shamosminthus aff. sodovis 4
includes 1 m3 and 1 M3