Thomas Farm (Unit 6-7)
Basic information
Sample name: Thomas Farm (Unit 6-7)

Reference: A. E. Pratt. 1989. Taphonomy of the microvertebrate fauna from the early Miocene Thomas Farm locality, Florida (U.S.A.). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 76:125-151 [ER 2341]
Geography
Country: United States

State: Florida


Coordinate: 29.73° N, -82.80° W
Coordinate basis: based on political unit

Time interval: Early Miocene

Ma: 18

Geography comments: "early Miocene (early Hemingfordian, ca. 18 Ma)"
coordinate based on Gilchrist County

Environment
Substrate: ground surface

Lithology: claystone

Habitat comments: "most of the fossils removed in this analysis were taken from a section of approximately 3m...
(1) a series of alternating clay and sandy-clay layers found in the lowest exposed regions of the site (units 4-7).
(2) two massive layers of limestone boulders (units 8 and 11), separated by a thin clay (unit 10) and a sand layer (unit 9).
(3) several layers of white to yellow calcareous sand formed by the breakdown of limestone (units 12-15)."

Methods
Life forms: bats,rodents,other small mammals,frogs,salamanders

Sampling methods: screenwash

Sample size: 308 specimens

Years: 1981 - 1985

Metadata
Sample number: 2504

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2017-02-13 07:17:13

Modified: 2017-02-12 20:17:13

Abundance distribution
14 species
2 singletons
total count 308
geometric series index: 19.7
Fisher's α: 3.021
geometric series k: 0.6733
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.6515
Shannon's H: 1.5696
Good's u: 0.9935
Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.
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