Plakias
Basic information
Sample name: Plakias
Reference: H. de Bruijn, C. S. Doukas, L. W. van den Hoek Ostende, and W. J. Zachariasse. 2012. New finds of rodents and insectivores from the Upper Miocene at Plakias (Crete, Greece). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 131:61-75 [ER 3914]
Geography
Country: Greece
State: Crete
Coordinate: 35.184551° N, 24.403017° E
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Formation: Plakias Basin
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN 9
Ma: 9.9
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: A shallow gully located to the South East of the town of Plakias, Crete
The faunal composition of the Plakias assemblages suggests a "correlation with the lower part of MN 9" The maximum age based on the tectonic setting of the basin is 10.4 - 10.3 Ma
The faunal composition of the Plakias assemblages suggests a "correlation with the lower part of MN 9" The maximum age based on the tectonic setting of the basin is 10.4 - 10.3 Ma
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: paleosol
Habitat comments: "Grayish clays overlying beige to brown colored clays with calcretes"
"Fine-grained continental deposits in the Plakias Basin are interpreted as floodplain deposits...likely that the bed with small mammal remains belongs the basal part of the basin fill"
No specific accumulation information is given
"Fine-grained continental deposits in the Plakias Basin are interpreted as floodplain deposits...likely that the bed with small mammal remains belongs the basal part of the basin fill"
No specific accumulation information is given
Methods
Life forms: rodents,other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 78 specimens
Years: 2011
Sampling comments: ~2 tons of fossiliferous marl was wet screened (finest mesh 0.5 mm)
Counts excluded:
Erinaceinae indet. - 7
Gliridae indet. /"Gliridae gen. et sp. indet." - 1
Cricetinae indet. /"Cricetinae gen. et sp. indet." - 5
Counts excluded:
Erinaceinae indet. - 7
Gliridae indet. /"Gliridae gen. et sp. indet." - 1
Cricetinae indet. /"Cricetinae gen. et sp. indet." - 5
Metadata
Sample number: 4315
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Created: 2023-06-27 13:46:40
Modified: 2023-09-11 10:55:29
Abundance distribution
8 species
2 singletons
total count 78
geometric series index: 14.1
Fisher's α: 2.234
geometric series k: 0.5719
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5475
Shannon's H: 1.2161
Good's u: 0.9747
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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| Paenelimnoecus sp. | 1 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| Hylopetes sp. | 2 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| Blackia sp. | 1 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| Paraglirulus werenfelsi | 3 | |
| "Glirulus (Paraglirulus) werenfelsi" | ||
| Eomyops aff. catalaunicus | 50 | |
| Eumyarion leemanni | 3 | |
| Cricetulodon cretensis | 5 | |