Untereichen-Altenstadt 540 m
Basic information
Sample name: Untereichen-Altenstadt 540 m
Sample aka: UA 540 m
Reference: J. Prieto, M. Bohme, H. Maurer, K. Heissig, and H. A. Aziz. 2009. Biostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Fluviatile Untere Serie (Early and Middle Miocene) in the central part of the North Alpine Foreland Basin: implications for palaeoenvironment and climate. International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geol Rundsch) 98:1767-1791 [ER 3931]
Geography
Country: Germany
State: Bavaria
County: Neu-Ulm
Coordinate: 48.173149° N, 10.114168° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map
Formation: Fluviatile Untere Serie
Time interval: Early Miocene
Zone: MN5
Section: Untereichen-Altenstadt
Unit number: 1
Unit order: below to above
Geography comments: The UA locality is situated on the eastern bank of the river Iller 6 km south of the town of Illertissen
UA 540 m has been dated to MN5 based on the evolutionary stages of Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus
UA 540 m has been dated to MN5 based on the evolutionary stages of Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus
Environment
Lithology: marl
Taphonomic context: overbank deposit, paleosol, bird accumulation
Habitat comments: "The older vertebrate fossil assemblage (UA 540 m) is deposited in an animal burrow that was presumably produced by owls"
"The lithofacies and architectural element analysis suggest that the marly unit can be allocated to a meandering fluvial system"
"Levee deposits and floodplain fines are strongly bioturbated by root casts and burrows"
"The lithofacies and architectural element analysis suggest that the marly unit can be allocated to a meandering fluvial system"
"Levee deposits and floodplain fines are strongly bioturbated by root casts and burrows"
Methods
Life forms: bats, rodents, other small mammals, lizards, snakes, frogs
Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash
Sample size: 116 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: Specific methods are not provided
Counts excluded:
Scincomorpha indet. - 1
Lacerta sp. 1 - 1
Counts excluded:
Scincomorpha indet. - 1
Lacerta sp. 1 - 1
Metadata
Sample no: 4333
Contributor no: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2023-07-19 12:29:47
Modified: 2024-12-10 05:17:45
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
13 species
4 singletons
total count 116
geometric series index: 23.3
Fisher's α: 3.755
geometric series k: 0.723
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.7633
Shannon's H: 1.8514
Good's u: 0.9657
Register
| Latonia sp. | 1 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| Scincidae indet. | 1 | |
| Ophisaurus sp. | 2 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| Viperidae indet. | 13 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| †Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus | 49 | |
| †Democricetodon mutilus | 4 | |
| †Heteroxerus aff. rubricati | 1 | |
| †Miodyromys aff. aegercii | 3 | |
| †Prolagus oeningensis | 17 | |
| †Lagopsis verus | 15 | |
| †Galerix cf. exilis | 4 | |
| †Proscapanus sansaniensis | 5 | |
| Heterosoricidae indet. | 1 | |
| "Dinosorex/Heterosorex sp." | ||