Huéscar 1
Basic information
Sample name: Huéscar 1
Sample aka: Huéscar-1
Reference: A. V. Mazo, C. Sesé, A. Ruiz Bustos, and J. A. Peña. 1985. Geologia y paleontologia de los yacimientos Plio-Pleistocenos de Huescar (Depresion de Guadix-Baza, Granada). Estudios Geológicos 41(5-6):467-493 [ER 2412]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Granada
Coordinate: 38° 48' 35" N, 3° 30' 2" W
Latlng basis: stated in text
Time interval: Middle Pleistocene
Max Ma: 0.458
Min Ma: 0.451
Age basis: OSL
Geography comments: "El denominado Huéscar 1 se encuentra en el barranco de Las Cañadas, unos metros aguas abajo de la confluencia con el Barranco de las Quebradas, bajao una terraza Holocena" (coordinate and elevation given by Demuro et al. 2015)
"situarse en niveles próximos al comienzo del Pleistocene medio"
Demuro et al. (2015) provide multiple OSL dates that yield "weighted mean ages of 458 ±10 ka for unit 2 and 451 ± 11 ka for unit 4" in the Huéscar 1 beds; the fossils come from units 2 through 4
"situarse en niveles próximos al comienzo del Pleistocene medio"
Demuro et al. (2015) provide multiple OSL dates that yield "weighted mean ages of 458 ±10 ka for unit 2 and 451 ± 11 ka for unit 4" in the Huéscar 1 beds; the fossils come from units 2 through 4
Environment
Substrate: ground surface
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: from the second horizon in the section, most of which consists of "arcillas" with fossils of gastropods
the fossils are from two specific units that are both "gravelly sand to sandy silt lenses displaying planar cross-stratification" (Demuro et al. 2015)
the sediments represent "a fan delta formed by an alluvial stream"(Demuro et al. 2015)
the fossils are from two specific units that are both "gravelly sand to sandy silt lenses displaying planar cross-stratification" (Demuro et al. 2015)
the sediments represent "a fan delta formed by an alluvial stream"(Demuro et al. 2015)
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals
Sampling methods: quarry
Sample size: 150 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: collection methods are not discussed, but definitely excavated according to Demuro et al. (2015)
Metadata
Sample no: 2626
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2017-02-20 16:58:04
Modified: 2024-11-03 00:05:23
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
19 species
6 singletons
total count 150
geometric series index: 37.8
Fisher's α: 5.763
geometric series k: 0.793
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7619
Shannon's H: 1.991
Good's u: 0.9604
Register
| Soricidae indet. | 5 | |
| Eliomys quercinus | 2 | |
| †Castillomys crusafonti | 24 | |
| Apodemus sp. | 1 | |
| †Mimomys savini | 65 | |
| count is based only on m1, other teeth not described | ||
| †Microtus brecciensis | 2 | |
| †Microtus (Pitymys) cf. gregaloides | 4 | |
| Lepus cf. granatensis | 1 | 2.5 kg |
| Oryctolagus sp. | 2 | |
| Ursus sp. | 2 | |
| †Martellictis cf. ardea | 1 | |
| "Enhydrictis cf. ardea": see Bartolini Lucenti (2018) | ||
| Felidae indet. | 1 | |
| †Palaeoloxodon antiquus (elephant) | 1 | |
| "Mammuthus cf. meridionalis": numerous tooth fragments (potentially one individual); see Demuro et al. (2015) | ||
| Equus sp. | 19 | |
| Stephanorhinus sp. | 7 | |
| "Dicerorhinus etruscus": see Demuro et al. (2015) | ||
| †Hippopotamus antiquus (hippopotamus) | 4 | |
| not H. major, which is a junior synonym: see Fidalgo et al. 2023 | ||
| Cervidae indet. 1 | 4 | |
| Cervidae indet. 2 | 1 | |
| Bovidae indet. | 4 | |