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
Coordinate 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"

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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,other small mammals

Sampling methods: quarry

Sample size: 93 specimens

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 number: 4655

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: Nicholas Vine

Created: 2025-02-04 04:44:34

Modified: 2025-02-04 04:44:34

Abundance distribution
4 species
2 singletons
total count 93
geometric series index: 8.9
Fisher's α: 0.850
geometric series k: 0.2266
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.1324
Shannon's H: 0.3270
Good's u: 0.9785
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Register
Lacertidae cf. Lacerta sp.1
Anguinae indet.1
"non-anguis"
Varanus sp.86
†Ochotona mediterranensis5