BLS-6
Basic information
Sample name: BLS-6

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: 24 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 2200

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: 2533

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-14 17:32:09

Modified: 2023-09-08 11:54:13

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
5 species
1 singleton
total count 24
geometric series index: 8.3
Fisher's α: 1.922
geometric series k: 0.653
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6812
Shannon's H: 1.3507
Good's u: 0.9617
Register
†Stephanomys donnezani 11
†Castillomys cf. crusafonti 5
†Ruscinomys cf. europaeus 1
†Eliomys intermedius 2
Arvicolidae indet.5