Edelbeuren-Schlachtberg
Basic information
Sample name: Edelbeuren-Schlachtberg

Reference: V. J. Sach. 1999. Litho- und biostratigraphische Untersuchungen in der Oberen Süsswassermolasse des Landkreises Biberach a. d. Riss (Oberschwaben). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 276:1-167 [ER 4405]
Geography
Country: Germany

State: Baden-Württemberg

Coordinate: 48.09° N, 10.03° E
Latlng basis: estimated from map

Scale: quarry

Time interval: Middle Miocene

Zone: MN5/6

Geography comments: from a filled sand pit about 500 south of the center of Edelburen (with a few hundred meters of Edelbeuren-Mauerkopf)
"from the upper part of MN 5 to MN 5/6"

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Environment
Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: from two approximately 0.5 m thick layers consisting of clay and marl pebbles and small limestone and sandstone concretions (so mostly clay)
the palaeoenvironment is not indicated

Methods
Life forms: carnivores, rodents, ungulates, other small mammals

Excluded forms: turtles, other reptiles, fishes, clams, snails

Sample size: 39 specimens

Museum: Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

Net or trap nights: 0

Basal area status: not applicable

Sampling comments: collection methods are not discussed
plants, snails, freshwater mussels, a fish skull, Trionyx sp, Testudo sp, and Diplocynodon sp. are also present

Metadata
Sample no: 4682

Contributor no: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2025-08-29 02:22:43

Modified: 2025-08-29 02:22:43

Abundance distribution
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts. Values are logged.
Statistics
10 species
6 singletons
total count 39
geometric series index: 31.6
Fisher's α: 4.349
geometric series k: 0.713
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6646
Shannon's H: 1.5912
Good's u: 0.8462
Register
Sciuridae indet.1
Steneofiber sp. 1
Ochotonidae indet.4
Mustelidae indet.1
plus 3 Carnivora indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet.1
compared to
†Hyotherium cf. soemmeringi 5
Cervidae indet.1
Heteroprox or Euprox, plus 3 unresolved Cervidae indet.
†Dicrocerus elegans 3
Palaeomeryx sp. 1
†Dorcatherium guntianum 21