Sésklo SE2
Basic information
Sample name: Sésklo SE2
Reference: A. Athanassiou. 2018. A Villafranchian hipparion-bearing mammal fauna from Sésklo (E. Thessaly, Greece): Implications for the question of Hipparion-Equus sympatry in Europe. Quaternary 1(12):1-24 [ER 4017]
Geography
Country: Greece
Coordinate: 39.36568° N, 22.84676° E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Early Pleistocene
Zone: MN16
Geography comments: from a spot location within a clay pit "8 km west of the city of Vólos, the capital of the Prefecture of Magnesia... 2 km north-east of the homonymous village" called SE2
"The lower and the upper site-clusters have a horizontal distance of about 400 m from each other,
which, given the general 11º dip of the layers, means a stratigraphic difference of about 70 m"
assigned to MN16, and "possibly in its upper part", based on biochronology
furthermore, the overlying MN17 fauna in the quarry is thought to be only "tens to a few hunderds of thousand years" younger
therefore, an Early Pleistocene age instead of a Late Pliocene age seems likely
"The lower and the upper site-clusters have a horizontal distance of about 400 m from each other,
which, given the general 11º dip of the layers, means a stratigraphic difference of about 70 m"
assigned to MN16, and "possibly in its upper part", based on biochronology
furthermore, the overlying MN17 fauna in the quarry is thought to be only "tens to a few hunderds of thousand years" younger
therefore, an Early Pleistocene age instead of a Late Pliocene age seems likely
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "a clay pit" operated by a cement company
the lithology is a "very dark coloured" clay and the general environment throughout the section is fluvial
the lithology is a "very dark coloured" clay and the general environment throughout the section is fluvial
Methods
Life forms: ungulates, birds
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 12 specimens
Years: 2005
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "The first fossil finds known from the locality were unearthed in 1971" but all Sésklo collections through 1982 were stratigraphically lumped
locality S was collected "most probably" in 1982 and locality SE2 was discovered in 2005
the material is in the Museum of Palaeontology and Geology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
locality S was collected "most probably" in 1982 and locality SE2 was discovered in 2005
the material is in the Museum of Palaeontology and Geology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Metadata
Sample no: 4434
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2024-11-06 05:12:13
Modified: 2024-11-06 05:12:13
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
3 singletons
total count 12
geometric series index: 20.0
Fisher's α: 4.775
geometric series k: 0.7248
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7273
Shannon's H: 1.5833
Good's u: 0.777
Register
| †Struthio cf. chersonensis | 1 | |
| Elephantoidea indet. | 2 | |
| †Gazella cf. bouvrainae (gazelle) | 1 | |
| †Gazellospira torticornis (bovid) | 1 | |
| Bovini indet. | 2 | |
| large | ||
| †Plesiohipparion cf. shanxiense (horse) | 5 | |