Olba
Basic information
Sample name: Olba
Reference: S. Sen, F. Fack, G. Metais, and E. Moissenet. 2015. A late Miocene mammalian fauna from Olba in the Sarrion Depression, eastern Spain. Palåontologische Zeitschrift 89:545-562 [ER 3915]
Geography
Country: Spain
State: Teruel
County: San AgustÃn
Coordinate: 40.117222° N, -0.696667° W
Coordinate basis: stated in text
Formation: Sarrion Depression
Time interval: Late Miocene
Zone: MN11/12
Geography comments: The Olba locality is situated in the Sarrion Depression on the road between the towns of Olba and La Escaleruela, eastern Spain
The Olba fauna can be dated to "early-middle Turolian", Late Miocene, based on faunal similarities with sites of Crevillente 2 and Los Mansuetos (reference localities of MN11 and MN12 respectively)
The Olba fauna can be dated to "early-middle Turolian", Late Miocene, based on faunal similarities with sites of Crevillente 2 and Los Mansuetos (reference localities of MN11 and MN12 respectively)
Environment
Lithology: mudstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: "The Olba vertebrate locality is situated near the base of this unit in red-gray mudstones"
"The Lower unit is made up of red mudstone and conglomerates of alluvial origin and lacustrine travertines"
No summary taphonomic information is provided
"The Lower unit is made up of red mudstone and conglomerates of alluvial origin and lacustrine travertines"
No summary taphonomic information is provided
Methods
Life forms: rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sample size: 57 specimens
Sampled by: E. Moissenet
Sampling comments: No precise methods of collection are given
Metadata
Sample number: 4316
Contributor: Jack Nesbitt
Enterer: Jack Nesbitt
Modifier no: John Alroy
Created: 2023-06-28 10:47:24
Modified: 2024-11-10 20:57:36
Abundance distribution
8 species
4 singletons
total count 57
geometric series index: 19.0
Fisher's α: 2.534
geometric series k: 0.6314
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6670
Shannon's H: 1.3811
Good's u: 0.9298
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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Register
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| "Microstonyx cf. major" | ||
| †Lucentia iberica | 20 | |
| Micromeryx sp. | 1 | |
| questionably assigned | ||
| Hipparionini indet. | 5 | |
| "Hipparion sp.": compared to multiple species in other genera and certainly not determinate | ||
| Parasorex ibericus | 3 | |
| †Occitanomys cf. adroveri | 1 | |
| †Hispanomys cf. adroveri | 1 | |
| †Prolagus crusafonti | 25 | |