Subpiatra 2/1R
Basic information
Sample name: Subpiatra 2/1R

Reference: J. Hír and M. Venczel. 2005. New Middle Miocene vertebrate localities from Subpiatra (Bihor District), Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 5:211-221 [ER 3961]
Geography
Country: Romania

Coordinate: 47° 0' N, 22° 18' E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN6

Geography comments: "near Subpiatra... on the left slope of the Rece Valley... in the right side of a small ravine"

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Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Habitat comments: from a "15-20 cm thick sandy clay and silt deposit, interbedded in a series of clay and marl layers"
the fauna "suggests a dry scrub milieu"

Methods
Life forms: rodents, other small mammals, lizards, snakes, turtles, other reptiles, frogs, salamanders

Sampling methods: quarry, screenwash

Sample size: 164 specimens

Years: 2004

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 600

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "about 600 kg" was processed "by screening-washing... with mesh of 0.8 and 0.6 mm"

Metadata
Sample no: 4370

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2023-09-08 20:33:57

Modified: 2023-09-11 10:58:12

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
15 species
4 singletons
total count 164
geometric series index: 30.7
Fisher's α: 4.018
geometric series k: 0.7257
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6242
Shannon's H: 1.4338
Good's u: 0.976
Register
Triturus sp. 1
plus 1 Salamandridae indet. that might belong to this genus
†Latonia gigantea 7
Pelophylax sp. 45
"Rana (Pelophylax) sp."
Emydidae indet.2
Diplocynodon sp. 2
compared to
Ophisaurus sp. 2
Lacerta sp. 3
Varanidae indet.1
Colubrinae indet.2
Vipera sp. 1
Eurolagus fontannesi 1
†Muscardinus sansaniensis 3
†Myoglis meini 2
Megacricetodon sp. 89
†Democricetodon brevis 3