Hidas
Basic information
Sample name: Hidas

Reference: J. Hirs, M. Venczel, and K. Sebe. 2015. Middle Miocene (Late Badenian) microvertebrates from Hidas, SW Hungary. Geologia Croatica 77(1):15-28 [ER 4030]
Geography
Country: Hungary

County: Tolna

Coordinate: 46.25° N, 18.5° E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Formation: Hidas

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN7/8

Max Ma: 13.5

Min Ma: 13.3

Age basis: other

Geography comments: "Fossil findings point to the Late Badenian MN 7+8 Zone, which, together with the earlier results based on the marine mollusc fauna, narrows the age of the unit to ~13.5–13.3 Ma"

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Environment
Lithology: more than one

Habitat comments: "The formation is composed of alternating lignite, clay, marl, mollusc coquina and lime mud layers"

Methods
Life forms: salamanders, frogs, lizards, snakes, rodents

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 154 specimens

Net or trap nights: 0

kg screened: 2000

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: "Two tons of sediment were collected from the fossiliferous level at the studied outcrop. They were air-dryed on textile in the sunshine and subsequently soaked in water and some H2O2. The samples were screen-washed using a sieve system with a 0.5 mm mesh size"

Metadata
Sample no: 4469

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Nicholas Vine

Modifier no: John Alroy

Created: 2024-11-14 11:59:39

Modified: 2024-11-16 22:57:20

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
16 species
2 singletons
total count 154
geometric series index: 25.6
Fisher's α: 4.489
geometric series k: 0.7715
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8144
Shannon's H: 2.0471
Good's u: 0.9874
Register
†Lissotriton rohrsi 3
†Latonia seyfriedi 49
Palaeobatrachus sp. 19
Pelobates sp. 2
Pelophylax sp. 1
Lacertidae indet.3
Anguinae indet.2
Colubridae indet. sp. 17
Colubridae indet. sp. 220
†Myoglis meini 2
†Paraglirulus werenfelsi 1
†Albanensia albanensis 2
†Forsythia gaudryi 3
†Democricetodon freisingensis 33
Democricetodon sp. 5
†Megacricetodon minor 2