Baikadam
Basic information
Sample name: Baikadam

Sample aka: Podpusk 2

Reference: M. Ivanov, D. Vasilyan, M. Böhme, and V. S. Zazhigin. 2019. Miocene snakes from northeastern Kazakhstan: new data on the evolution of snake assemblages in Siberia. Historical Biology 31(10):1284-1303 [ER 4047]
Geography
Country: Kazakhstan

State: Pavlodar

Coordinate: 51.38° N, 77.99° E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Formation: Kalkaman Svita

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN7/8

Geography comments: "The Baikadam (Podpusk 2) locality is situated 8.4 km north of the village of Podpusk on the right bank of the Irtysh River"

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Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit

Habitat comments: obtained from Vasilyan, et al. (2017) which was referenced and contained information on the lithography of the site.

Methods
Life forms: snakes

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 252 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "The fossil material of snakes of the Malyi Kalkaman 1 and 2 localities comes from excavations from 1980, 1987 and 2001, and of the Baikadam locality from 1989 and 2001. All the material of small vertebrates was obtained by screen-washing"

Metadata
Sample no: 4463

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Nicholas Vine

Modifier no: Nicholas Vine

Created: 2024-11-14 08:40:11

Modified: 2024-11-14 09:13:19

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
2 singletons
total count 252
geometric series index: 14.2
Fisher's α: 2.081
geometric series k: 0.5674
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5523
Shannon's H: 1.2906
Good's u: 0.9921
Register
†Albaneryx cf. volynicus 3
Boinae gen. et sp. indet.1
†Coluber cf. hungaricus 8
†Texasophis bohemiacus 22
Elaphe aff. dione 20
Colubrinae indet. A1
‘Colubrinae’
Colubrinae "B"4
‘Colubrinae'
Colubridae indet.164
Vipera sp. 11
‘Vipera aspis’ complex
Gloydius sp. 18
Gloydius halys complex