Aubignas II
Basic information
Sample name: Aubignas II
Reference: B. Azanza, F. de Broin, A. Galoyer, L. Ginsburg, and S. Zouhri. 1993. Un nouveau site à Mammifères dans le Miocène supérieur d'Aubignas (Ardèche). Comptes rendus de l'Académie des Sciences, Série II 317:1129-1134 [ER 4397]
Geography
Country: France
Coordinate: 45° 35' N, 5° 38' E
Latlng basis: based on nearby landmark
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN12
Geography comments: "near Aubignas (Ardèche). It is located 3 km north of the town... near the bridge of Vaugourde" (coordinate based on Aubignas)
"referred to the basis of zone MN 12"
"referred to the basis of zone MN 12"
Environment
Lithology: marl
Habitat comments: from "one particular level" in a "stratigraphical sequence" and within "un mince niveau des marnes grises contenant des éléments volcaniques" that is "très induré et les restes sont très altérés et calcinés à proximité des basaltes"
Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other large mammals, other small mammals
Excluded forms: turtles
Sample size: 103 specimens
Net or trap nights: 0
Basal area status: not applicable
Sampling comments: "lavage-tamisage de plus de 500 kg de sédiment n'a livré aucun reste de rongeurs" but they are not listed out, unless this refers to Prolagus and Hystrix
"plaques diverses" of Testudo amberiacensis and Ptychogaster (Temnoclemmys) sp. are also present
"plaques diverses" of Testudo amberiacensis and Ptychogaster (Temnoclemmys) sp. are also present
Metadata
Sample no: 4674
Contributor no: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-08-23 01:16:49
Modified: 2025-08-23 01:16:49
Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
13 species
6 singletons
total count 103
geometric series index: 30.1
Fisher's α: 3.937
geometric series k: 0.7492
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.785
Shannon's H: 1.8264
Good's u: 0.9421
Register
| †Hystrix primigenia | 1 | |
| †Prolagus cf. crusafonti | 1 | |
| Felidae indet. | 1 | |
| size of Paramachairodus orientalis | ||
| Mustelidae indet. | 1 | |
| Anancus sp. | 1 | |
| compared to | ||
| †Hipparion truyolsi (horse) | 28 | |
| this species is currently valid according to multiple sources: 28 listed specimens and "ossements divers" | ||
| Dicerorhinus schleiermacheri = †Dihoplus schleiermacheri (rhinoceros) | 7 | |
| 7 listed specimens and "ossements divers" | ||
| †Aceratherium incisivum (rhinoceros) | 2 | |
| †Tapiriscus pannonicus (tapir) | 2 | |
| Microstonyx major = †Hippopotamodon major (pig) | 8 | |
| †Turiacemas cf. concudensis | 18 | |
| 18 listed specimens and "ossements divers" | ||
| Bovidae indet. | 1 | |
| "Gazella sp.", plus a "small cervid or Gazella" astragalus | ||
| Graecoryx andancensis = †Miotragocerus andancensis | 32 | |
| see Métais and Sen (2018); 32 listed specimens plus "fragments d''ossements divers" | ||