Felsotarkany 3/8
Basic information
Sample name: Felsotarkany 3/8
Sample aka: FT 3/8
Reference: J. Hír and J. Kókay. 2010. A systematic study of the middle-late Miocene rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) of Felsotarkany 3/8 and 3/10 (Northern Hungary) with stratigraphical relations. Geodiversitas 32(2):307-329 [ER 3926]
Geography
Country: Hungary
State: Northern Hungary
County: Heves
Coordinate: 47.971943° N, 20.400278° E
Latlng basis: stated in text
Formation: Güdör-kert section
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN9
Age basis: zone
Geography comments: FT 3/8 is situated west of the town of Felsőtârkâny, Eger District, Heves County, and is located just south of FT 3/10
The locality is dated to MN9 (middle-late Miocene) based on both molluscan and vertebrate fauna
The locality is dated to MN9 (middle-late Miocene) based on both molluscan and vertebrate fauna
Environment
Lithology: claystone
Taphonomic context: lagoon deposit, lake deposit
Habitat comments: "70 cm green clay layer" situated 140 cm "above the lignitic seam of the Güdör-kert section"
Facies are indicative of deposition in "a low energy, subaqueous environment with lacustrine or lagoonal margin sedimentary successions"
Facies are indicative of deposition in "a low energy, subaqueous environment with lacustrine or lagoonal margin sedimentary successions"
Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals
Excluded forms: snails
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 18 specimens
Years: 2004, 2006
Net or trap nights: 0
kg screened: 2000
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: ~2 tons of sediment was screen-washed from FT 3/8
Lowest sieve size of "0.5 or 0.6 mm"
An assemblage of 6 molluscan taxa was also recovered from FT 3/8 with no counts given
Lowest sieve size of "0.5 or 0.6 mm"
An assemblage of 6 molluscan taxa was also recovered from FT 3/8 with no counts given
Metadata
Sample no: 4327
Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2023-07-11 13:12:04
Modified: 2025-09-02 06:19:02
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
7 species
3 singletons
total count 18
geometric series index: 17.0
Fisher's α: 4.208
geometric series k: 0.7647
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7974
Shannon's H: 1.769
Good's u: 0.8333
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