Montalvos 2
Basic information
Sample name: Montalvos 2

Reference: K. Hordijk, A. Bosma, H. de Bruijn, J. van Dam, C. Geraedts, L. van den Hoek Ostende, J. Reumer, and W. Wessels. 2015. Biostratigraphical and palaeoecological implications of the small mammal assemblage from the late early Miocene of Montalvos2, Teruel Basin, Spain. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 95:321-346 [ER 2394]
Geography
Country: Spain

Coordinate: 40° 27' N, 1° 3' W
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN4

Ma: 16.299999

Geography comments: "in the northern part of the Teruel Basin, 3 km ESE of the village of Cuevas Labradas" (coordinate based on Cuevas Labradas)
"late early Miocene... local zone Ca... correlated to the European MN4.... the best estimate of the age of Montalvos2 lies between 16.4 and 16.2 Ma" based on correlation with other Spanish samples that are directly dated

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Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: marl

Habitat comments: "grey marl... situated between limestone beds"

Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 777 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "The material was collected by the late Remmert Daams, and Albert van der Meulen, and the sediments were wet-screened by using a set of screens, the finest of which had a 0.5-mm mesh"
additional taxa are not discussed

Metadata
Sample no: 2588

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-18 09:33:22

Modified: 2017-03-14 09:37:05

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
23 species
4 singletons
total count 777
geometric series index: 30.8
Fisher's α: 4.45
geometric series k: 0.7842
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8573
Shannon's H: 2.3422
Good's u: 0.9949
Register
Melissiodon dominans 18
†Democricetodon decipiens 48
†Megacricetodon primitivus 154
†Eumyarion weinfurteri 33
Pseudodryomys aff. ibericus 58
†Simplomys simplicidens 88
Simplomys sp. 1
†Simplomys julii 2
Armantomys aragonensis 14
†Microdyromys legidensis 19
Glirudinus gracilis 7
†Ligerimys ellipticus 26
†Heteroxerus rubricati 20
†Heteroxerus cf. grivensis 1
Albanensia cf. sansaniensis 1
†Lagopsis penai 210
†Prolagus lopezmartinezae 37
†Galerix symeonidisi 14
Desmanella sp. 4
cf
Desmanodon sp. 9
Heterosorex cf. neumayrianus 7
Soricidae indet.5
Amphiperatherium sp. 1