Kocherinovo-2
Basic information
Sample name: Kocherinovo-2

Sample aka: KCH-2

Reference: L. Hristova, D. Geraads, G. N. Markov, and N. Spassov. 2013. Late Miocene mammals from Kocherinovo, Southwestern Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 65(4):517-529 [ER 4043]
Geography
Country: Bulgaria

Coordinate: 42° 5' N, 23° 4' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Late Miocene

Zone: MN11

Geography comments: "in the area of Gradishteto (Kamarata) Hill between Mursalevo and Kocherinovo villages" (coordinate based on Kocherinovo)
"Turolian... most probably MN11"

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Environment
Lithology: sandstone

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: "green alluvial sandy clays"

Methods
Life forms: ungulates

Sample size: 27 specimens

Years: 2001

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: the site was discovered by N. Spassov and D. Geraads in 2001 "immediately to the north of Gradishte Hill"
collection methods are not discussed
two other small collections from Kocherinovo are described: the first, KCH-1, includes a few specimens collected in the 1970s from a larger collection that was not available to the authors

Metadata
Sample no: 4458

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-13 08:45:19

Modified: 2024-11-13 08:45:19

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
9 species
3 singletons
total count 27
geometric series index: 19.7
Fisher's α: 4.727
geometric series k: 0.7841
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8276
Shannon's H: 1.963
Good's u: 0.8943
Register
Choerolophodon sp. 1
†Hippotherium brachypus (horse)7
Cremohipparion macedonicum = †Cremohipparion cf. matthewi (horse)2
might also include two metacarpals
Hipparionini indet.1
"Hipparion sp.": medium size, no specific comparisons are made, may also include 8 postcrania
Hippopotamodon sp. 1
"cf. Microstonyx sp.": compared to major, erymanthius, and antiquus
Samotherium sp. 3
?
Miotragocerus (Pikermicerus) sp. 2
†Palaeoreas ? lindermayeri 6
Gazella sp. 4