Cestepe
Basic information
Sample name: Cestepe
Reference: S. Sen, M. Delfino, and N. Kazanci. 2017. Cestepe, a new early Pliocene vertebrate locality in Central Anatolia and its stratigraphic context. Annales de Paléontologie 103:149-163 [ER 4253]
Geography
Country: Turkey
State: Ankara
Coordinate: 40.327° N, 32.687° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Scale: basin
Formation: Sinap
Time interval: Early Pliocene
Geography comments: "The Cestepe village and vertebrate fossil locality are situated about 45 km NNW to the capital Ankara, and 14 km north of Kazan town in the Kazan Basin, Central Anatolia"
Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "Its main rock types are andesitic, trachytic and basaltic lavas, rhyolitic tuffs and pyroclastics"
Methods
Life forms: lizards, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 93 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "The vertebrate remains from C¸ es¸tepe have been found during the digging operations for the foundation of a private house at the village of Cestepe"
Metadata
Sample no: 4655
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: Nicholas Vine
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2025-02-04 04:44:34
Modified: 2025-08-30 08:59:14
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
4 species
2 singletons
total count 93
geometric series index: 8.9
Fisher's α: 0.85
geometric series k: 0.2266
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.1324
Shannon's H: 0.327
Good's u: 0.9785
Register
| Lacertidae cf. "Lacerta sp." | 1 | |
| Anguinae indet. | 1 | |
| "non-anguis" | ||
| Varanus sp. | 86 | |
| †Ochotona mediterranensis | 5 | |