Canteras de Iberia
Basic information
Sample name: Canteras de Iberia
Reference: E. Sanz, C. Sesé, and J. P. Calvo. 1992. Primer hallazgo de micromamiferos de edad Turoliense en la Cuenca de Madrid. Estudios Geológicos 48:171-178 [ER 2406]
Geography
Country: Spain
Coordinate: 41° 52' 7" N, 4° 43' 10" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN13
Ma: 5.4
Geography comments: "Turoliense superior, unidad MN 13" and therefore very close to the Mio-Pliocene boundary; assumed to be Miocene and roughly 5.4 Ma because most of the Turolian falls in that epoch
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: marl
Habitat comments: "un nivel de 50 cm de margas fosilíferas incluido de una serie calcárea"
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 71 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
kg screened: 50
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "identificados proceden del levigado de unos 50 kg de sedimento"
Metadata
Sample no: 2614
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-19 11:22:35
Modified: 2023-09-08 12:32:37
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
7 species
2 singletons
total count 71
geometric series index: 13.2
Fisher's α: 1.926
geometric series k: 0.5385
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.5821
Shannon's H: 1.1779
Good's u: 0.9726
Register
| Soricidae indet. | 2 | |
| †Stephanomys ramblensis | 41 | |
| †Castillomys crusafonti gracilis | 19 | |
| Valerymys sp. | 1 | |
| Atlantoxerus sp. | 1 | |
| †Eliomys intermedius | 2 | |
| †Prolagus cf. crusafonti | 5 | |