Eggingen-Mittlehart 3
Basic information
Sample name: Eggingen-Mittlehart 3

Reference: V. J. Sach and E. J. Heizmann. 2001. Stratigraphie und Säugetierfaunen der Brackwassermolasse in der Umgebung von Ulm (Südwestdeutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 310:1-96 [ER 4156]
Geography
Country: Germany

State: Baden-Württemberg

Coordinate: 48° 20' 29" N, 10° 51' 35" E
Latlng basis: stated in text

Scale: quarry

Formation: Grimmelfingen Beds

Time interval: Early Miocene

Zone: MN4

Geography comments: Former sandpit that is now filled in.

"In der heute zugeschütteten und rekultivierten Grube bei Eggingen wurden in den 1970 – 80er Jahren mehrere Meter mächtige Graupensande (Grimmelfinger Schichten) abgebaut."

Described to be About 2 km SW of the town of Eggingen, immediately E of the road from Eggingen to Ringingen in the “Mittelhart” area. TK 25 sheets 7625 Ulm-Südwest. GAUSS-KRÜGER coordinates: R = 3563600, H = 5357550.

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Environment
Lithology: siliciclastic (mixed)

Habitat comments: Described in the text as sandy fine to coarse gravel

"Lithologie: sandiger Fein- bis Grobkies (Geröllhorizont)"

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, ungulates, marine mammals, rodents

Sample size: 225 specimens

Museum: Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History; MFVG

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: Sampled during 1999 and 2000

Metadata
Sample no: 4615

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: Harrison Wu

Modifier no: Harrison Wu

Created: 2024-12-17 18:03:16

Modified: 2024-12-17 18:16:52

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
32 species
9 singletons
total count 225
geometric series index: 56.2
Fisher's α: 10.196
geometric series k: 0.8871
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9228
Shannon's H: 2.9211
Good's u: 0.9601
Register
Steneofiber depereti 10
†Hyainailouros sulzeri (hyaenodont)1
†Cynelos cf. helbingi (bear-dog)6
†Amphicyon cf. major (bear-dog)5
Pseudaelurus cf. lorteti 1
Thaumastocyoninae indet.1
Amphicyonidae indet.4
Mustelidae indet.3
†Plesiaceratherium lumiarense (rhinoceros)24
†Prosantorhinus cf. douvillei (rhinoceros)2
†Prosantorhinus germanicus (rhinoceros)15
†Diaceratherium aurelianense (rhinoceros)18
Paratapirus cf. intermedius 6
Elomeryx borbonicus 1
†Aureliachoerus aurelianensis 4
†Hyotherium soemmeringi 17
†Hyotherium meisneri 6
†Bunolistriodon aff. latidens (pig)3
†Amphimoschus ponteleviensis 15
Ligeromeryx praestans 2
†Procervulus cf. dichotomus (deer)1
†Dorcatherium vindobonense 2
†Dorcatherium naui 1
†Dorcatherium guntianum 1
Palaeomeryx kaupi 3
†Gomphotherium cf. angustidens (gomphothere)8
Deinotherium bavaricum = †Prodeinotherium bavaricum (deinothere)8
Metaxytherium cf. medium 41
Squalodontidae indet.11
Scaldicetus sp. 1
Physeteridae indet.3
Acrodelphidae indet.1