BLS-5A
Basic information
Sample name: BLS-5A

Sample aka: Barranco de Blas

Reference: A. García-Alix, R. Minwer-Barakat, E. Martín-Suârez, and M. Freudenthal. 2007. A late Ruscinian (Pliocene) rodent fauna from the Granada Basin (SE Spain). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):1066-1070 [ER 2360]
Geography
Country: Spain

Coordinate: 37° 11' N, 4° 4' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Pliocene

Zone: MN15

Geography comments: apparently somewhere near Calardos (basis of coordinate)
MN15

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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: sandstone

Habitat comments: "black-grey lutites, red conglomerates and, to a lesser extent, limestones" with the fossils apparently from a channel sandstone based on Fig. 2

Methods
Life forms: rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 18 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 1320

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "We processed 900 kg of sediment from BLS-1, 1320kg from BLS-5A, and 2200 kg from BLS-6"
an indeterminate soricid was found in one of the samples (not clear which one)

Metadata
Sample no: 2532

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-14 17:30:38

Modified: 2023-09-08 11:53:50

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
6 species
4 singletons
total count 18
geometric series index: 22.8
Fisher's α: 3.152
geometric series k: 0.619
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5621
Shannon's H: 1.2419
Good's u: 0.7778
Register
†Stephanomys donnezani 11
†Castillomys cf. crusafonti 1
†Apodemus atavus 1
†Eliomys intermedius 3
Trilophomys sp. 1
Arvicolidae indet.1